In fact, entire congregations are controlled by these wimpy people who can't drop a few pellets of sweat without embarrassment. These people sit in church on beastly hot Sunday mornings with frowns on their faces, wrinkled brows and perspiration assaulting certain parts of their body. The church had been closed up most of the week, and temperatures had climbed into record numbers. These two women were complaining about what the heat and humidity did to their curly hair, and how they had put on extra hair spray in order to keep the hairdo fresh and pretty. They also talked of rivulets of perspiration running down their bodies.
Men complain about the heat in church, too.
The chief trouble for men seems to be the buttoned collars and neckties. Even those people who never wear a necktie all week feel it is important to dress up and wear the silk cravats on Sunday. The collars and neckties can be tolerated in the air-conditioned automobile. But they cause great misery when these men get to church. Even when the parson suggests that men may loosen their ties, some will not, out of a desire to appear masculine and unmovable.