Hankies

I was looking in my closet this morning and saw a small gift box on a shelf. I remember taking it from my mother's house last year. I forgot what was in it so I opened it. It was a box of handkerchiefs wrapped beautifully in tissue paper. Someone must have given it to her as a gift. Each one was beautifully embroidered. Most people reading this blog will know what I am talking about. Men always had white ones and some of them had a thicker white border. The concept was really quite unsanitary. Blow your nose, fold up the rag, put it into your pocket to use later. When it was used for the day, throw it into the wash to be used again. Some old fashioned ways are no longer there for a reason.