MODERN GRAPHICS ON FABRIC SO REVOLUTIONARY, IT'S PATENTED. In the 1930s, Alabama textile firm West Point Manufacturing Company came up with a groundbreaking dish towel fabric that combined cotton and linen with rayon, a relatively new fiber. Dubbed "Martex Dry-Me-Dry: The Amazing 3 Fibre Towel," the patented blend became famous among American homemakers for its lint-free absorption and speedy evaporation. In the 1950s, Martex Dry-Me-Dry dish towels...