technique for preparing paper products generally the process for the manufacture of paper with which the chemical softening composition of the present invention is useful includes the steps of establishing a uniform aqueous dispersion of papermaking fibers forming that dispersion into a flat sheet and dewatering and drying the sheet to form paper that can be rolled cut and formed as desired into any one of several finished products including napkins toweling and facial and toilet tissue during processing the chemical softening composition may be applied directly to an aqueous dispersion of papermaking fibers either prior to or after dewatering to provide a soft durable paper web for example a chemical softening composition according to the invention is used in a typical papermaking process where an aqueous dispersion of papermaking fibers is first provided from a pressurized headbox the head box has an opening for delivering a thin deposit of the dispersed fibers onto a fourdrinier wire to form a wet paper web as used herein the terms u201c paper web u201d or u201c wet paper web u201d are intended to designate any of the nonwoven materials commonly used as paper products from which a portion thereof includes papermaking fibers the wet paper web is dewatered to a fiber consistency of between about 7 and about 25 total web weight basis by vacuum dewatering and further dried by pressing operations where the paper web is subjected to pressure developed by opposing mechanical members such as cylindrical rolls the dewatered paper web can then be further pressed and dried by a steam drum apparatus known in the art as a yankee dryer pressure is developed at the yankee dryer by mechanical means such as an opposing cylindrical drum pressing against the paper web multiple yankee dryer drums.