Clark Gable offers a handkerchief to Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Photo: Alamy My father was born in 1925, and like many men of his era he was quite formal in dress.

San Francisco workers who inspect street vendors said they have been punched, kicked and threatened so much they have to wear bulletproof vests to do their jobs. Primary Menu Sections.

When I graduated from high school somebody gave me a set of monogrammed handkerchiefs. And that's the last time I remember seeing them. Whatever happened to hankies?

A street vendor and father of two was shot and killed as he was working Wednesday in Long Beach, but police say the bullet wasn’t intended for him. Long Beach police responded along the 100 ...