From:
Genius without Genius: The Autobiography of John Franklin, Vol 1: Childhood Through 'The Music Days', June 22, 2008

P.27 Description of his father, an engineer:
He would complete his morning ablutions by blowing his nose, which he did in a manner that
was all business: instead of using just one hand, as I did, and squeezing the hanky around the nos-
trils, he used two hands, in a way that I could never duplicate, holding the sides of the hanky
against the side of his nose. Whenever I tried it that way, the snot would fall right through the
opening between the two sides. He would give a sharp blast, maybe some shorter ones, then
shake his head from side to side a few quick times in the handkerchief, then smartly remove the
handkerchief, wad it, and looking off into the distance put it into his back pocket.

Perhaps the most beautifully written description of handkerchief use I have ever come across. Thanks for sharing!