Just today, as I write this column, I was asked if I had a tissue by a friend who needed one but didn’t have one. My answer was no because I didn’t have a tissue to lend her. However, I did have my trusty cloth hanky in my pocket but that wasn’t what she was looking for.
I grew up with a good supply of cloth handkerchiefs as did my mother, then my sister. Our family lived on a rather tight budget a…