I'm so old I Remember when:

[RoyalChick]

cloth towel, and uncertain if the fresh part was separated from the used

Oh come on - it totally was separated! The new towel was always very pressed and starched.

 

[sourland]

Oh come on - it totally was separated! The new towel was always very pressed and starched.

Not in some of the restrooms I used.

 

[Rick589]

Is the US in a bathroom remodel crisis? Given the number of companies advertising bathroom remodels I’m afraid some sot of remodeling crisis has blindsided me.

 

[jxp]

Hopefully they washed their hands.

Why else would they need a towel?

 

[sourland]

After you dried your hands on the clean portion, you were to give it a tug, and the part you had used disappeared down and then up, to be gathered up on the second roller inside. When I was little I imagined a crew of miniature workers inside, washing and ironing the towel and sending it out all clean and fresh. I hoped they had sandwiches and milk and cookies in there!

Why else would they need a towel?

To clean up after having their sandwiches/milk/cookies.

 

[jxp]

To clean up after having their sandwiches/milk/cookies.

By washing their hands?