New Britain herald., 1925-03-16
DR. HILL PLAYS
 FALSE PRETENSES
Says Putting on False Front Is
 a Form Of Dishonesty

People who live beyond their means. keeping up a false front, were severely fayed by Rev. Dr. George W. C. Hill at the South Congregational church last evening. Dr. Hill In opening his sermon commented upon the utter folly, stupidity and danger Of trying to keep up appearances that We are wiser, shrcwder or richer than we really are.
 "AIl Of us like 10 appear well before others" he said, "but when t goes to the extent Of putting on front. then danger sets in.
 Trying to make people believe you can do more. know more or get more than you really can is danger GUS"
 That Fur Coat
 Dr. Hill used as an illustration the story Of a young girl who all her life wants a fur coat what she can- not afford. She saves and scrimps and sacrifices, until she finally gets it. Then she is satisfied. She looks like a million dollars and talks like 50 cents"
 He told Of young men who travel in fast sets and rather than be con- Sidered tightwads, spend beyond their income in order 10 keep up with the crowd. He cited the case of a man and wife who associate with a social set little faster than they can keep up with. They are bitten by the climbing bug. They teel they must have an automobile and that they must continue climb ing socially. Some time the rainy Jay comes along anl they have nothing saved for it." he said.
 Some of us would be far better off to put our money in a savings bank instead of putting on a false front. We are putting all our goods in the window.'
 He characterized this method of living. as "insincere and dishonest" Its nothing 10 be ashamed of, to say you can't afford a thing he said. People will think you arc bigger and finer than if yon try tc live beyond your ability. You won't get away with that other kind ol living forever. People will find yor out sooner or later, It robs us o1 our honesty and our manhood. Peo, pie will hold us in higher esteem ii We cut it out.
 "A real, honest. sincere, open frank person is more respected il the end"
 De MOlay Service
 The first public appearance o Nathan Hale chapter Order of b. Molay took place yesterday morn ing when the boys, accompanied b! the members of their advisory cOun cil marched from their meeting place in Masonic hall to the Soutl Congregational church, where the, were addressed by Dr. Hill. It Wa "Devotional Day" for the De MolaS an annual custom which was start ed in New Britain yesterday for tn first time
 Dr, Hill spoke on ideals H quoted the text "Where there is n vision the people perish" "The me who said this were called crazy re formers he said just as todd you and l call men cranks who Sd it. The individual needs ideals there is nothing more indispensibl than ideals or vision. Twenty year ago We would have looked agast a a horscless carnage. Today we Iaug at Ford.
 We say Latin and Greek hay had their day and the arts and lii crature must take back seat. w have little place for literature ( arts and very little for morals. Ho' many people are deliberately settin out to be writers or poets? Amer ca is called a nation of shoplleer CTS. We want to leave school 2 soon as possible and get to work
 We want to learn the tradr when he cant even talk our ow lffguage correctly"