THE POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF
•* — Nothing is more curious In the history of pocket-handkerchiefs than the .period when women were supposed to be innocent of the existence of such an article. Its use was tabooed in polite c6nversation, while it was beyond the daring of an actor or actress to, exhibit a handkerchief on the stage, however tearful the dramatic situation might be. French people were particularly shocked if the article was mentioned, and -when the necessities of the case required a reference to the obnoxious cambric, it was described as a "light tissue." Years afterwards, when an adapted play of Shakespeare's . was being played in Paris, yells of indignation saluted the awful word "pocket-handkerchief."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 25
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112THE POCKET-HANDKERCHIEF Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 115, 16 May 1936, Page 25
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