Who invented the straw?

The straw was invented by Marvin Si Tong of the United States in 1888. In the19th century, Americans liked to drink cold and light wine. In order to avoid the hot air in their mouths, they drink directly without their mouths and suck with hollow natural straws, but the natural straws are easy to break and their own taste will penetrate into the wine. At that time, Marvin Stone, an American cigarette manufacturer, got inspiration from cigarettes and made a paper straw. After tasting, it will neither break nor smell. Since then, people not only use straws when drinking light wine, but also like to use paper straws when drinking other cold drinks. After the invention of plastics, the paper straws were replaced by colorful plastic straws because the flexibility and aesthetics of plastics were better than those of paper straws. The inventor did not apply for a patent.