The good old "Handkerchief" is what I miss many a times. I am sure making of kerchiefs must have been a very lucrative business some ages ago. Today I cannot even recall a single "handkerchief" maker. I have memories of my mother stacking unopened boxes of colourful sets of handkerchiefs in her wardrobe. The boxes used to have a transparent sheet as a cover displaying the bouquet of aligned kerchiefs in beautiful vivid colours. She used to match her outfits with a befitting colour from among the many coloured ones she had. Me and my younger sister used to entertain ourselves sensing the neatly stacked, crisp coloured set of feminine napkins. And today it is a thing of surprise to to find anyone with a "good old" handkerchief in their pockets purses. I fear how many of us could even spell the word HANDKERCHIEF correctly. It seems much like the physical handkerchief, its literal identity has also dwindled. It turned to "kerchief" and now just a small "hanky" replaces it all. The super-soft white coloured fragile paper tissue has replaced the entire era of cloth tissues. The major issue to reckon is that the paper tissues are so popular in the today's time of "Forest Conservation" and "Green Movements". Such irony you see.Hope to see someone doing some really nice Vintage Art on handmade Handkerchiefs some day.
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