A container for storing, singulating and dispensing to a user individual strips of rigid and semi-rigid material from a plurality of such strips comprising: (a) a container having a body with a vertical axis, top and bottom ends, and a wall forming said container, said container being operable to house a plurality of axially inserted strips of rigid or semi-rigid material in an aggregately loose and variable position or orientation, said top end having at least a first dispensing aperture sized to permit the passage of a single strip and said wall having an external container surface and an inner container surface, (b) closure means for selectively exposing said first dispensing aperture for the passage of a single strip, and (c) an internal capture element corresponding in size and shape to a single strip, and having a planar surface to engage a single strip thereon from said plurality of strips, said surface having a proximal portion adjacent said internal container surface and a radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface, said capture element being aligned with said first dispensing aperture and having at least one capture ridge extending from said surface at said radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface a height, wherein the dimensions of the capture element, including the height of the capture ridge, are selected to capture only one strip to be singulated and captured on the planar surface, (d) wherein said internal capture element is operable to divide or separate, and reorient said aggregately loose plurality of strips in variable position or orientation within said container and is operable to capture and guide said single strip into said first dispensing aperture for grasping by a user. (a) a container having a body with a vertical axis, top and bottom ends, and a wall forming said container, said container being operable to house a plurality of axially inserted strips of rigid or semi-rigid material in an aggregately loose and variable position or orientation, said top end having at least a first dispensing aperture sized to permit the passage of a single strip and said wall having an external container surface and an inner container surface, (b) closure means for selectively exposing said first dispensing aperture for the passage of a single strip, and (c) an internal capture element corresponding in size and shape to a single strip, and having a planar surface to engage a single strip thereon from said plurality of strips, said surface having a proximal portion adjacent said internal container surface and a radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface, said capture element being aligned with said first dispensing aperture and having at least one capture ridge extending from said surface at said radially inward extending portion distal said internal container surface a height, wherein the dimensions of the capture element, including the height of the capture ridge, are selected to capture only one strip to be singulated and captured on the planar surface, (d) wherein said internal capture element is operable to divide or separate, and reorient said aggregately loose plurality of strips in variable position or orientation within said container and is operable to capture and guide said single strip into said first dispensing aperture for grasping by a user. <EOS>