Show I History of Handkerchiefs I I I The Tho handkerchief la is associated In history rather r with romance or with religious mysticism sm than with the tho prosaic prosaic prosale pro pro- sale eminently practical use for which It exists In modern times s. s Tho The first evidence of ot Its existence as an article of or everyday c use If IR found In Jn I Egypt In Inthe Inthe Inthe the time of or tho the when as an object of or rare price beyond the reach of oC tho the common people It was wa coveted as an amulet tho the PORs possession slon of or which was wag supposed to In insure jUro tho the bearer against again At all physical Ills Among the Moo Moors about one ono thousand thousand thou thou- sand years before the Christian era ern this delicate strip of linen was Ras accepted accepted ac ac- as ns a Q token of ot love the exchange ex- ex change chango of or a handkerchief between a suitor and tho the woman oman of or his choice being he- he lug ing accepted a as a n. pledge of then their troth And nd from this aro tho the practice common common common com com- mon among Eastern rn pot potentate of or flinging a a. handkerchief at she he who found favor in their Ir sight From Egypt E pt the handkerchief traveled trav trav- traveled to Greece and thence to Rome nome there to find favor tavor amon among tho the luxury loving lug women of ot tho the period of ot ades In 01 old 1 pictures and vanes Gre- Gre I Gre-I 1 clan women are aro invariably Im represented In pensive mood with largo cloths held In their right hand while Juvenal JU In one of ot his most savage sa moods condemns condemns condemns con con- i the use of or fino fine handkerchiefs bythe b by bythe the fashionable women of or Rome Home as a a. display of at affectation and e extravagance likely to excite the thc resentment of or the mass of ot the people and to bring about rc ol revolution u For nearly nearh eight centuries the handkerchief handkerchief handkerchief hand hand- kerchief would seem to havo disappeared disappeared from general ene al use only onh to reappear reappear reap reap- pear In the days of ot Henry III of or England England England Eng Eng- land and from that time forward it figured in tho the form fonn of ot a strip of at linen In nearly every court picture Tho Thu reIgn of or Queen Elizabeth Illustrious Illus mus- In tho the promotion of ot art letters an and of all handicrafts saw MW the beginning beginning begin begIn- ning of or tho the custom of ot embroidering embroidering- handkerchiefs with taco lace or silk bearing bearIng bearIng bear bear- Ing thc the initials or the thc coat of ot arms of I Ithe the owner Elizabeth Elizabcth herself setting letting i of ot her court the fashion B By the women I th the handkerchief was treated as a n. love Jove token long lonh squares of or tho the finest linen with gold goM lace being tendered to I their favorites tn who wore the tho token in I I their hats I But in contrast to tho poetic and romantic side of its character are the tho odd uses to which th tim tho handkerchief ho hM been put and of tho the part it has played in history histon For In 1710 tho the British British Brit Brit- ish lh government go in tho absence of or a penny newspaper did dIll not disdain to resort to this humble mf means for far castIn casting casting cast cast- In ing broadcast t the thc address delivered h by Queen Anne on the opening of or parliament parliament parlia parlia- ment and this strange practice more or 01 less Jess In vogue throughout her reign commemorated the victories of or Marlborough Marlborough Marl- Marl borough over tho the French and of the treaty of ot Utrecht With the Jacobite revolution of 1745 G Pelham bethinking himself of ot tho the old device which had served tho the government government govern so ment mont so 80 well welt In the the most crl critical period period pe pe- of or Annes Anne's reign caused to be printed print print- ed on several thousand handkerchiefs portraits of at those of the young oun pretenders pretender's pretenders pretender's pre pre- tenders tender's adherents who had escaped and were In hiding These portraits sent all nil over o the thc country and hun hung upon every blank wall led to tho the capture capture capture cap cap- ture and execution of ot many man fugitives |