Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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N' ' 'flvleiri 'l'A'Ii'liLhR H N NECKTIES IN YE OLDEN DAYS c Neckties! Isn't that a strange topic? We all know what a necktie is. Every- body knows what a necktie is. I'll take that backg I don't think old Josh Hayseed does. Neckties are too high-flootin for him. There is nothing more to say about a necktie than to tell what it is. It is the finishing touch, I think, of most anything. Let us start with the history of the necktie. It was Phidippidiphidias tquite a name, but since it is that of one of those. ancient Greeks who made history. we must accept what comes! who invented it. The wit and learning of his wife fwomen have not lost that superiority over men to this dayj made his house a favorite meeting place for a large circle of prominent men. I may here say that men have not changed a bit: even in those days. they feared lest their wives should go beyond their positions. Well, Phidippidiphidias' wife was one of the dangerous sort and her husband set his mind upon an effective means of governing her. IVith a long cord of great strength he tied her, really tied her, to himself, She didn't enjoy her situation, and a terrible wrangle followed. There weren't very many nice things said, either. He pulled and she pulled, both pulled and the cord was finally torn apart. A part of it remained about his neck and although it came into contact with the blood and loose flesh it was not removed. For some time he was compelled to wear it. To sympathize with the ancient philosopher. all the men started to wear a cord about their necks. The women didn't think of adorning themselves with such a thing. That is one proof that the gentler sex is growing better in every way. Neckties grew to be quite a novelty and have been in vogue from generation to generation until at the present time both males and females consider a necktie appro- priate wearing apparel. -Frances Schultz,'29. AND NOW NECKTIES AND SOCKS One Friday evening before a basketball game, I went into my brother's room to get a necktie. After examining each one very closely, I picked out his best one, to wear with my blue dress. That evening when I returned, I forgot to put the tie back. The next morning my brother came downstairs, with a terrible frown on his face. I knew something was wrong, but was bliSSfll1ly unconscious of having done anything wro11g. Of course, I happened to be the first one he asked. I said, I wore it to the game last night. Wait a minute and I'll get it for you. But that didn't satisfy him. He said, VVell. hurry up about it, and be sure there aren't any wrinkles in it. I don't see why you girls always have to tal-ie a fellow's ties. Say, did you take my socks. too? But it wasn't I who had taken the socks. He had put them in mother's cedar chest so that I couldn't find them, and then he forgot where he had put them. -Patricia Teeple,'29. gg ..... .-.... gg Ninety sexen

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