Arose a rose
Let's practice a little magic; watch as the paper napkin becomes a rose; visit http://bartendermagic.com/rose.htm and see for yourself; this photo is #3 in the sleight-of-hand. The paper that becomes a rose in the hands (fingers) of a bartender intrigues me, as the paper napkin intrigues Jose Rizal (Gregorio F Zaide, 2003, Jose Rizal: Life, Works And Writings, National Bookstore, page 97) (with a little editing): On May 25, Rizal and Viola left Vienna on a river boat to see the beautiful sights by the Danube River. As they traveled along the famous river, Rizal observed keenly the river sights - the barges loaded with products, the flowers and plants growing along the river bank, the boats with families living on them, and the quaint villages on the riverside. He particularly noticed that the passengers on the river boat were using paper napkins during the meals, which was a novelty to him. His fellow passenger, Viola, commented that the paper napkins were 'more hygienic and economical than cloth napkins.'

I don't know what Rizal told Viola, but I know what I would have if the time were today: 'Dr Viola, that's speaking the language of the economists. It's a language I don't admire and won't spend my time committing 50 words of it a day to memory assiduously. The paper napkin comes from trees. And so did the Spanish galleons. Now the Spanish friars are gone; now the Spanish galleons are gone - now the trees are going, going, gone! That's your economics.'