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Perhaps back to an age untrammelled by technology, when humans Tf'- ered in caves or tents, shivering against cold, In- jury, animals, ignorance, disease and malevolent gods? No, we may not yet have the Kingdom of Heaven on earth, and much more than material progress will be needed to achieve it. But let's not flagellate ourselves into thinking this is Hell, either. Judging by the atenrentittetttl wisdom of our times, this must be the worst of all possible worlds. The fa- mily is breaking up; the deserts are spreading; our fish have'been poisoned; violence is increasing; wel- fare is destroying the work ethic. .... And the future - again according to conventional wisdom - looks even worse. We are threatenedhy too many people, too few resources. too many bombs, too little ozone, too much carbon dioxide, not enough food, an accelerating rate of change and a slowness to adapt. Having become the best-informed society in history about these hazards, we have also become, in the words of University of Detroit Professor Mar- garet Maxey "the most fore-wanted,' anxiety-prone, exhorted, and guilt-ridden of cultures." Little wonder many people yearn for "the.good old days," when life was simpler and easier. The many hazards that preoccupy us now do so only because, for the first time in history, we have the lux- ury of recognizing them. At any previous time, they would have been submerged in the greater hazards of daily survival. The United Church of Canada What hogwash! Without denying that today's world has problems and that yesterday's had some values we seem to have lost, does anyone really want to go back to those "good old days"? When average life expectancy was 45 years? When you could count on at least one child in each family not surviving to its fifth birthday? That's all within the last century, documented in Otto Betteman's book, The Good Old Days - They Were Terrible. _ When the maid killer diseases were not forms of cancer, heart breakdown or nerve decay,mt influen- za, pneumonia, tuberculosis, diphtheria and whooping cough? When women and children were used as beasts of burden in mines and industries, and education was available only to the elite? . When was the last time you read anything good about the world we live in today? _ When kitchen wastes, ashes, household garbage, and toilet dregs were dumped in gutters and on side- walks? When the major insecticide used on almost everyth- ing was lead arsenate, and the moat common red food coloring was 1em1chromate - both deadly poisons? The h good old days- b iilys CN, ) pp‘ 0&0! 'tttoeitsets:8t0-rtttCar-. mamhmmuumm. not so _ Editor: Tony Jams Business Mart-r. Wong-no Unchol Illumyltt.m.m. ( Mrs.) Ellen Harker Publicity Chairman Elmira, Ontario The Costume Society of Ontario is presently conduc- ting research on ‘Men's Occupational or Work Cloth- ing worn in Ontario during the 19th centrury. ' We would appreciate very much your bringing this mat- ter to the attention oi your readers, as we feel they are perhaps our most valuable source of information. This topic deserves special attention now, as little researchhasbeendoneinthepast,andinfonnationis disappearing every day. The main objective of the CostumeSocietyistogathel-andorganiseinforma- tion from across Ontario, and make it available for educational and general interest purposes. To your readers we ask; CAN YOU HELP? Do you know of any sources of information such as; actual garments, photographs, memories and remini- scences, books, local histories, bills of sale, etchings, sketches, paintings, engravings, ledgers, etc. ? . If you have any information that may help us with our study, please contact; -A Sue tkherbarth, c/o Guelph Civic Museum, 6 Gordon Street, GUELPH, Ontario. NIH 1G7 Your help would be greatly appreciated. TonneEditor. T Lutweeb artiehoettiteNmMt1trirsgstSttttt, on p-9nftttecttrmtieotatedqeeifiealtrthatJo.Arr. neMadDtmetittrtdPratmihe-tttertrsttoin- WltintheK-Wam. The fact is, that Sister Valentin. of St. louii’Con- 1eett,etteeetteettirttrtt_tttittrttkiMttttodforyears. My brodnersandlmnedwithherlevenyemago, andahehadttmmtearhingittteforetttmt. shthafrtseimdpmrrlqtrnartyartdratingsin StratfordandWamedoo qritttheroruttitrtraa. V Therefore,wethinhthearticleineorreetandwe w0uidiiketomahetheeomrnttnitrawareofthe- tttatsistervakmtiahasdmtewiththesumkiMithod in the Twin-Cities. l 1 1 Michael and Philip Klaussen 10tt William St. W. , Waterloo Research Technician. Sincerly yours, Sue Scherbarth, Ttser-dit-ini - in 8tmtttemAftienamti- - to claim We! hm:- livee and loathe marsrviettrmirtttresrtietrtamrttrietoNeharettte- ser+rqtoeerhhatarttt-tMetottextvidettt_d reiiettoreeh-. AthtitedNatitt-oett- stated tttatM00persmtidduttasarestatttttRttode 'iartGovemmeattratidisoetrehtgeeeaetMitrtette- terGmrdiart,Dee.Mttt,trm. Shteettteat,therehavettemfttrtherraida,andin particular, the South African army's recall raid on tttere-u-atc-in-tttout-ht-ttich, peamting to the eorreqtoetdmt of the Britith tttnan- eiat'nmessttovisitedthe-aftertheraitt,tttrge ntmttterattfFttaandschtto1aiid-erekiiied. Those who have fled from racial persecution and have escaped the raids are in need of food, clothing, shelter, medical ettrettndedtteatiogt. MueheanttedoetettrtheeitimetsotWetrtemnatimts moles-en ratciaittittemess,sttaasthatshiehiedto the recent massacres at Kolwezi. A seem of good wittoetoasrpart,artdthe-tdingottimetrtteht,mar -etothtmthtttthererteednotttettitteg-tte. tweenhlachsandwhites. ' Canadian Aid for Southern African Refugees (CASAR) has already seht 88,S00.00 through Arch- bishop Milirtgoof2arntiia, thePatHoticrmett,and the Chm Council of Zambia, to give humanitarian aid to. es from racial tyranny in Rhodesia, Namibia and South Africa. Though the sums that can be provid- ed by individual Canadians will meet onlya fraction of the enormous needs, they are a practical way for tttoseofutrinttteWe_areappaiiedattttesys. tematic racism practised in Southern Africa to express our indignation and our sympathy for the vie- We therefore appeal to your readers to make wha- tever contributions they can to our funds. Contribu- tions are tax-deductible, and should be sent to Cana- dian Aid for Southern African Refugees, P.0. Bos was. Station C, Vancouver B.C., VST 4G3. I Very truly yours, Rev, R.A. Burrows, K. Chetty, M.D., Prof. Geoffrey Durrant, Alan M. Inglis, M.D., Prof. Thouias L. Perry, M.D.