It is certain, that the toilet paper has not been on the world since forever. When the rocks people could not stop in some supermarket, they had to help themselves by that what the nature provided them. For example they helped by leaves and grass.

In the ancient Roma they used a sponge with a handle on the public toilets, which was put into a small dish with salt water. The richer people used wave and pink water. Roman’s took a piece of cloth by which they were manipulating with helping of a small stick with cutting in which they fasted the piece of cloth in the whiles of need on their journeys.

In the middle age the rich Europeans used a pieces of sheets and monks some scrap from the old frocks. Ludwig XIV. Used wave and ribbons. On Hawaiian Islands people used shells from coconuts. The colonial America used maize ears. In Asia The Hindus and Muslims used their left hand, which was washed by water from a jug after it. Among orthodox believers the custom never eating with the left hand was produced from it. Some people judge that it can be the reason why we shake with the right hand.

When in 17^th century newspapers were spreading, the choice fell on them so. With an exaggeration we can say that the Guttenberg invention of printing press except its aim made the revolution so in a personal hygiene.

 In 19^th century a catalog of the certain firm became very popular in American country - side. Why? It was free and had a hundred pages of blotter and non – smooth paper. It was hung on a nail and it was ready for using {till 30 years of 20^th century, when a print was printed on the chalk paper}.

The American toilet paper produced by The Albany Perforated Wrapping Paper Co. on the breaking
of 80ies years of 19^th century it cost 50 cent.
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Probable the firm Gayety from New Jersey in The USA produced the first toilet paper in 1857.It was named ” the therapeutic paper and really there was some curative addition. It was sold in packs with fifty pieces. In The Great Britain the firm British Perforated Paper Company produced about 1880 rolls of paper, which was produced for barbers to mopping razors. In spite of the name of the firm there was not go about perforated paper but the single pieces of paper was torn off about need. The toilet paper in rolls appeared so in America. In 90ies years of last century the England firm Jeyes produced small flat boxes of silk folded paper. It is necessary to stress that in that time toilet paper was not use in a so common way as in these days. Brothers Scott’s from USA performed in the market the first roll of marked toilet paper in 1899.

American toilet paper produced during The Second World War. In (1943)
(from http://www.tagyerit.com/curiosities.htm)