Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-26
When Shakespeare Wrote of ''1rifles Light as Air"
He Meant Just What We Are Writing about Today
fIamdk erChiefS !!

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ciennes or Duchesse lace from the tniest edging
to magnificent four-inch border; practical tape.
edged handkerchiefs little "glove-handkercniefs'
for the dance edged with pleated net (these may
be had in evening colors, too, net and ALL.
Man. woman, child bride, mourner workman,
society butterfly, business girl, professional man.
each can find his own appropriate handkerchief
identified by the very initial too
The designs Of the embroidered initials on our
handkerchiefs are frequently original here Any
handkerchief not born initiated be made 80,
or the full NAME If desired marked by embroidery
or indelible ink
Those who plan to make holiday gifts Of hand
kerchiefs and have them initiated will find the
present an admirable time for selection and eav-
ing orders, before the usual holiday rush.
T Tvs no wonder, though, that so many people ike
n to give handkerchiefs. 1t is because so many
people like to receive handkerchief
When in doubt as to a gift make it hand
kerchief. Must economy rule the day? single
plain, fine handkerchief will cost as little as any
thing you can purchase.
If, on the other hand, you wish to lavish them
by the dozen dozen there will be no complaint Of
ostentation or duplication from the recipient.
If distance complicates the sending Of the gift
nothing carries more perfectly than handker-
chiefs
nice handkerchief, in place of a Christmas
card, is the gracious thought one woman we know
puts into practice each year.
Like the card it will travel in a simple en-
velope at a cost of a two-cent stamp.
And unlike the card the grateful recipient
will know what to do with it.
Of gift handkerchief one never wonders,
"Will it be used?"
SY~HERE are, in fact so many ways in which
handkerchiefs can be used, and are used, that
every person needs to own them in abun-
dance, yea, stacks 1t is the article Of universal
adaptability.
What the small boy does with his handker-
chief for instance-well now, there are not enough
columns in this whole paper to relate that; but we
can tell you in single line what he does not do
with it.
He does not take care of it. Keep him sup
Piled then for mercys sake, for frugality will get
you nowherel
The average small boys handkerchief goes
through fire and water for him. 1t cages hoptoads
and cares for angleworns. OF course, it serves as
his brush for clothes and shoes, but we will conf
dently state that it suffers but little from over
work in that connection.
All the mothers hair might stand on end il all
the things small boys do with their pocket-hand-
kerchiefs were revealed in these columns, for It
would suggest to those not fully initiated or re
signed what small boys do with themselvesi
" luckily, Wanamaker handkerchiefs are
Y = firmly woven, and made entirely Of linen,
strongest of textiles, and they can be had 1t
very inexpensive prices-in mems sizes, So dozen,
or, if womans size seems more suitable at $1.60
dozen.
What man does with his handkerchief is
modification of what the boy does with his, with
wider margin allowed for fine handkerchiefs for
fine occasions. Among the list of needfuls for the
wardrobe of young fashionable blood of Venice
in 1751, contemporary writer includes:
"Tsc0 lchite handkerchiefs, for purhsc
fruit. the other to the Lody schen shs takes
a sherbet coffee chocolate; tlco others for
the nose. of tree~bark and oil sprinkied srith
spirits of aUender."
What woman does with herhandkerchief Is
whatever the occasion demands. The handker-
chief in fact plays more roles on the stage Of life
than the most experienced of stock-compsny
actors in repertoire"
1t has played in merry games, from Blind Mans
Buff to Drop the Handkerchief, and hoised on an nnnro
vsed pole it has saved lives By aaggng trains or sum
monng ship to rescue 1t has ended disastrous wars
by signaling truce. 1t has carried many mighty good
lunch for workngman and picturesquely slng on the
end OF stick has acted wardrobe trunk for count
less wayfarers.
1t has started dance. it has caused duel il has
inspired whole code of Irritation, which we win posi-
lively not give here having forgotten IT, Ii has bandaged
wounds.