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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1974.
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Will prices drop?
49_prices drop? This is the g estic l with which people
have specweetted since the close of World War 12 nearly 30 years
ago.Theyhave been ris;rn those or less :.ate-adil ever since the
begtntn of that :arae war more than V5 rears age. There is no
dcubt that, in sr ire of all :-at has been mid to the contrary,.
prices will drep.. The c estic is eieen"
In these MCSZ Uncertain times in which we live, no One is
able to predict even the near future. Tl•.e whole econcrey is in
a state cf unsettled flux. A gee ears between cci n ries and
between governrrems and institutions :nave no binding effect or
force. The proverb, "his word is as good as : is 'pend"' still :olds
:rue.. Unfortunately it does not have ±e same meaning any
more. The bond is worth nothing, let alone the word.
Lein inrtitutions are new drastically currant% house mort-
gages for fear the prices of houses will drop and the mortgage
will be higher than the louse is wort~:. It is interesting to note
that the extensive erection of apartmeta buildings has begun to
slow down hose building and along with it, real estates sales.
There is evidence on every rand that some portions of the ec-
onomy of our land are being affected by the spiraling inflation
and that there r -..ay be an end to it all in sight. Nevertheless,
infiarica continues in spite of the signs of the times and regard-
less of the fact that everyone seers to realize it can't cotainue
forever.
Only recently, after several mantles of energy crisis so-called,.
have legislators and oil magnates begun to admit that the price
of oil Cin the world Market rrta - be reduced from its present high
level. Those holding the oil reserves are already fearful lest
the poor countries cf the world find cut ti -,at the; can Iive with-
out the high priced oil.
'les, ::e ;rices will drop. Let us all hope d;ey will drop
slowly and not like they did in 1929. But if they do, we'll just
have to pull in our belts and weather the storm. North Americ-
ans, softened b' years of affluence and presperiri, will be hard-
est hit in some respects. The poorer people in any country will
be best equipped to meet the situation in many ways. The big
question is stili, When? (The Namon News)
Compassion fatigue and
convenient ignorance!
From the newspapers and from radio and television we learn a
great deal about suffering and distress ar home and in all parts
of the world. In recent years we've had so much of this that
many of us are now suffering what has been called "compassion
fatigue." Our hearts have been prodded so frequently and so
insistently that they become fatigued, developing reluctance to
make compassionate responses.
Our compassion fatigue drives some of us to cultivate a conv-
enient ignorance. If we don't know too much about the suffer-
ing of others, we will not be made feel uncomfortable about it.
Life can be much pleasanter for us if we don't know too much
about suffering and deprivation in the world's underdeveloped
regions, in other parts of our nation, in our own communities
and neighborhoods.
Compassion fatigue and the cultivation of convenient ignor-
ance nourish us in a mood of indifference, the kind of indiffer-
ence that easily says, "Charity begins at home," and then
adds, "and that is where I intend to keep it."
In one of his plays Bernard Shaw said this" "The worst sin
toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them but to be indiff-
erent to them." Shaw then described indifference as "the essence
of inhumanity."
The complexity and confusion of our life today, with' the
compassion fatigues it engenders and the convenient ignorance
it encourages, causes indifference to settle rather easily on our
hearts. Perhaps indifference, the couldn't -care -less attitude, is
the great sin of our day. (contributed.)
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I€ I rel volt that there is a
certain Sccori . infl enzce in
Calr family, yet: had better
• believe it My wife it frote.
Nora Scotia, her t::aiden matte
was Stewart and she is able to
trace her family back a few
centuries all the way to Inver-
ness to Scotland € have no
Scortish blood whatsoever
but my wife rakes stare that I
art: kept up to date cn things
Scottish, even to making sure
that I wear tr.y Nova Scotian
Y tartan scarf regularly. Needless
• to say, there are a limited num-
ber of snide remarks about bag-
pipes in our home.
e,
Sc it was that I found myself
recently in London's Victoria
Park listening to Soottid' music
and watching Scottish dances
I ;.bust adroit that, as long as
the bagpipes are cut in the open
I don't mind them at all. I'd
give anything for some good
old alphorn music in the mount-
- ains bur the pipers do play with
a considerable amount of fervor
and that counts for a great deal
in music. Therefore, 'quite
enjoyed the evening as I do
most such performances and I
firmly believe that such conc-
erts add a great deal of spice
and varietc to Canadian life as
we develop more and more of
our own dancers and songs.
Anyway, I'd like to tell you
a bit about some of the ethnic
music 1 find enjoyable, besides
the Scottish ones that is. You
never know; perhaps you and I
will agree on what we like.
First of all, I'd like to point
out that the folk songs you hear
sung by the various ethnic
groups in Canada can generally
be classified into two types.
The first are the legendary folk
songs which are frequetnly
of such an early origin that the
composer's name has been
quite forgotten. These songs
are generally more poetic in
nature and tend to be sung
directly from the heart of the
singer. A couple of this categ-
ory that you probably know are
the Scottish "Loch Lomond"
and the Welsh "All through the
Night."
The second category are
those songs that have been
composed at a later date so
that we usually know the
composer's name. The songs
are less personal and reflect
the daily life of the people.
Here we have the famous Ger-
man song "Die Lorelei, " the
Italian "0 Sole Mio, " the
Scottish "Annie Laurie" and
the American "Swaree River."
It should be pointed out that
songs we consider to be patriot-
ic in nature can belong to either
group. One of the best known
in this group is "Men of Har-
lech" which is as patriotic a
Welsh song as you will find
anywhere.
For some reason one group
of songs that has always appeal-
ed me ever since I first heard
them in Lisbon are the Portug-
uese fados. They have a sent-
imental,. haunting quality
which reflects the common
Portuguese characteristic of
saudade or longing for the past.
It is difficult to explain this
feeling until you have heard
the songs but any Portuguese
reader will know what I mean.
If you have never heard a fade,
see if you can find a record.
1 have always thought highly
of the Russians' ability to sing
and 1 shall never forget the time
1 attended church services in
the Baptist Church in Leningrad.
The choir there was about the
finest I :have ever heard in any
church and they put everything
they had irno their singing.
Match this love of singing with
the melodious quality of Rus-
' slate folic songs and you don't
have to know or understand the
weds in order to enjoy them.
I don't thinks you will get much
chance to hear these songs in
Canada as there are not too
an; Russians here, You are
more likely to hear Ukranian
songs for, although the Ukran-
ians share a love of singing with
the Bits =fans, I must never make
the mistake of calling a Russ-
ian or Ukranian or vice versa.
The two are decidedly different
with different although similar
languages as any Ukranian-
Canadian will quickly tell you,
should you get the two mixed
up. The Ukranians have their
big festival each year out in
Dauphin, Manitoba, which is a
long way to go to hear Ukranian
music, bur perhaps you can
hear some closer to home.
1 will probably offend some-
body by leaving his nationality
out but 1 am going to end with
a reference to German songs.
Here is, I believe, one of the
greatest collection of folk songs
in existence, most of which
come under rhe second of my
classifications in that their
corr.r'sers are mentioned.
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