White Towel

We aren't rich and fancy. We aren't melodramatic (at least, I don't think we are). Yet there is something almost "uppity" in Emily's requests for a "white towel" to clean up messes. All items used to clean messes are referred to as such: a napkin, a tissue, toilet paper, bath towel, hand towel, whatever. It is always called a "white towel". For some reason the image evokes the same illusion of prosperity defined by the white telephone movies of yesteryear. And, that's all it would be: an illusion! haha