Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1880 — A Necktie Difficulty. [ARTICLE]

A Necktie Difficulty.

A matter of neckties has caused an immense amount of trouble in a Philadelphia church. Lt seems that the parishioners of the Rev. Mr. Tucker, of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, desired to hold what is known as a necktie p; rty. The chief feature of tliis form of entertainment is that each lady who attends wears a calico apron from which a necktie has been previously made. These neckties are placed in sealed envelopes and sold to young men, and the individual purchasing becomes the attendant for tiie evening of that young lady who wears the apron which matches his tie. The pastor objected to this feature of the entertainment, and serious trouble ensued. Strenuous efforts to oust the pastor were made, and, failing in these, a portion of the congregation seceded. j\.t last accounts the clergyman, who declares the affair to be a “contest between worldliness and godliness,” was holding the fort.