Cloth handkerchiefs are back as people seek more sustainable ways to handle sneezes, putting an end to the times they were seen as old-fashioned and unhygienic – though take care when you wash and ...

I've always been a handkerchief man, never leaving home without one tucked into my back right pants pocket. The habit goes back at least to second or third grade at Paxton Center School, when we ...

What a pleasure to read Stuart Green’s essay “In Praise of the Ever-Practical Handkerchief” (Review, March 2). While hankies might seem old-fashioned to Mr. Green’s 20-something sons, they were hardly ...

Years ago men and women carried handkerchiefs like we carry cell phones today. Various squares of fabric embellished with initials perhaps for the gents or lace for the ladies were placed in pockets ...