NAPKINS

Come in paper or cloth. They are present at all occasions. The common everyday ones are useful at every meal. Holidays have a variety of napkins and paper plates to honour the day. Birthdays are a hit with matching napkins to the theme. Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter would not be the same without some new napkin for the day. Special lines from movies- " She folded her napkin!"- a famous scene from The Miracle Worker. Helen Keller folded her napkin! In restaurants, you never put a cloth napkin on your dirty plate! Neatly beside the plate is the proper way! We save napkins from special events. I found a York University napkin in my mother-in-law's memorabilia- it was from my B.A. graduation there in 1973! My mother had a University of Toronto napkin from 1975 when I graduated with my Masters in her things! Wedding, baptism, showers and retirement parties have collections of napkins. Napkins are good for hiding food we did not like! They wipe a smudge off your face. And protect you lap from falling food. Don't lick you fingers-use your napkin!