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Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:08:27 -0700
marlon from private IP, post #16692298
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Miss Manners
https://www.mlive.com/advice/2025/06/miss-manners-in-praise-of-the-humble-handerchief.html
Miss Manners: The humble handkerchief needs to make a comeback
Published: Jun. 24, 2025, 6:00 a.m.
Judith Martin's Miss Manners column photo.
Judith Martin pens the Miss Manners column.Kay Chernush
By Miss Manners
MISS MANNERS by Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin
DEAR MISS MANNERS: What is your opinion on handkerchiefs? I prefer them to tissues.
I have seen brides, at weddings that cost thousands of dollars, crying into wadded-up tissues. If they really find it so disgusting to reuse a soiled
handkerchief, they could invest a few dollars in a multi-pack and get a fresh one each time. Also, I believe that it is better for the environment.
GENTLE READER: Why would anyone prefer a flimsy piece of paper to an all-purpose little cloth for mopping up life’s frequent spills, including those from
noses?
Miss Manners suspects it is the fussy name and the embellishments -- such as embroidery, floral motifs and monograms -- that condemn handkerchiefs as
frivolous.
So yes, she loves them. Remind her to give large lacy ones to prospective brides who are known to be emotional.
Please send your questions to Miss Manners at her website, www.missmanners.com; to her email, gentlereader@missmanners.com; or through postal mail to Miss
Manners, Andrews McMeel Syndication, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.
Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:49:01 -0700
marlon from private IP
Reply #10620553
kinda cute how she refers to herself in the first person
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