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Of men and dirty hankies

Handkerchiefs are, like trousers and belts, are part of a man’s ensemble. The hankie is to the man what a handbag is to the woman. And like everything else it must be clean.

Unlike in the old days when they used to wipe their brows and noses with their hands or ends of their shirts to the embarrassment of their dates, men have since styled up.

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