Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1879 — Paper Napkins. [ARTICLE]

Paper Napkins.

Paper napkins are in increasing demand. A Boston firm has sold some 250,000 of them since they were introduced, about a year ago. The place of manufacture of paper napkins is not divulged. They are said t« be all imported from Japan, but a suspicion prevails that some of them are produced by ingenious Yankee paper-makers, who are well content to monopolize their manufacture ior the present, The nap-

kins are wholesaled at from $6 to $lO per 1,000, and are retailed at $1 to $1.50 a 100. A party of 200 ot 300 eta be supplied with them at less expense than would be requisite to wash and iron a similar number of napkins. their use, also, the host or hostess u relieved of all fear of having the table-linen stolen; and, if an absent-minded guest does happen to put his napkin in his pocket after he has finished eating, he need not suffer any more remorse than if he had pocketed an apple-core or a nut-shelL