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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1963)
Pity The Poor American Husband Overworked, Bullied, Criticized And Unprepared Husbands No. 1 By HARRY FERGUSON WASHINGTON (UPII - No. one knows for sure whether the' American husband is the world's unhappiest man, but : there is no doubt he is the most -. criticized. Experts in social be ' havior amateur and profcs- sional, foreign and domoslic .keep him constantly under the 'microscope and describe in mil ; lions of words how and why he squirms. " German men consider Hie American husband a sucker because of the wsy he handles his money. In Germany many women can't say for sure how much their husband earns be cause it isn't considered any of their business. They accept whatever housekeeping money they receive and keep their mouths shut. British men shake their heads in wonderment over the way American men are bullied by their children, especially the teen-agers. "Children in this Mexican Engineers Study Deepest, fastest Subway Mexico city upi-Engi- neers are making serious stud ies of a proposal which would ; give Mexico City one of the deepest and fastest subway sys j terns in the world, it was rc- ported today. ) The plan envisions tunnels 100 '. feet underground through which .' trains would travel at speeds up : to 90 miles an hour. Elevators with a capacity of 80 persons each would carry passengers to and from trains. The system would operate north-south between the univer sity, San Angel and Villa dc Guadalupe and east-west from Lomas to the airport by way of the downtown "Zocalo (central square)." Subsidiary lines would link Coyoacan with Nino Pcrdido and San Juan de Lctran, and the Alameda Central with Tacuba and Azcapotzalco. country," notes the London bu reau of UPI, "are mure to be seen then heard. When com pany conies, the children a r fed separately." A thorough whacking on' the scat of the pants, both at school and at home, is still highly esteemed in Britain as a corrective meas ure. Frenchmen cannot under stand why Americans work themselves to death to provide tilings their family doesn't real ly need. Their most prevalent tlicory is that the American husband is a sort of voluntary slave indentured for life to a woman who lashes him period ically with demands for jewel ry, expensive clothing and hats she doesn't need. French wives accept as a fact of life that it is possible to cook a meal and dispose of the dishes without the help ot cnougli electric kitchen gadgets to operate a space capsule. The American male plunges into marriage at an earlier age and with less thought than any man on earth. Every behavior expert who studies the situa tion notes the increasing num ber of teen-age marriages, and Harvest Big Values! Shop Spencer's Huge mm. It's really loaded with oustanding buys (or youngsters! DRESSES SNOW SUITS ORLON PILE JACKETS FOOTSIE CRAWLERS BOYS & GIRLS COATS MANY OTHER SPECIALS Exclusively for Children 619 Main SPECIAL PURCHASE Men's top. .mm. We have just unpacked thcic! Fa mous brond . . . quality tailoring ond up-to-the-minute styling. All wool end 65 wool. Terrific buy , . , come early! Green Stamps en Rej. Priced Merchendite Other Top Coats $ OC Volues to $59.95 JLD Men's & Boys' Wear 6th and Main the subsequent high divorce rate. Only seven per cent of the American women in their thirties have never been mar ried. Comparable statistics for Great Britain are 18 per cent and for France 28 per cent. One out of every 4.5 Ameri can marriages ends in divorce, the world's highest rate. There is no way to measure the num ber of men who remain mar ried even though they are un happy, and, as one philoso pher puts it. "leading lives of quiet desperation." Apparently only a small percentage of these men seek the assistance of marriage experts and coun selors, and Dr. Paul Popenoe of the American Institute of Family Relations cites the case history of one of them: "Mr. H said: 'I put in a full day at the factory and by the time I get home about a quar ter to six I am glad to lie down and rest. But iy wife meets me at the door and tells me the two kids are driving her crazy and will I please take them off her hands? And will I at the same time vacu um the rug, sweep off the front porch and the sidewalk and bring in the clothes from the line as she didn't have time? It turns out she was in the park with the children all after noon." " Highest In World The American standard of living is the highest in the world, and American women expect to start enjoying it as soon as they are married, or at least without allowing suffi cient time for the husband's income to rise to the level of their needs and wants. Sociolo gist James W. Gladden of the University of Kentucky got spme interesting answers when h conducted a survey among girls on what they expected their husbands to do besides support them: Seventy per cent said they expected outside help. Fifty-four per cent expect ed their husbands to straighten up the house occasionally. Forty-four per cent de manded that the husband pre pare the meals occasionally. Fifty-four per cent said they expected their husbands to make the beds, "but only rare ly." Sixty per cent expected Dim to dispose of the garbage every day. There was general agree ment that husbands should re member birthdays, anniversar ies and other "special" days, that husbands should be adept in "adapting themselves to the various moods and changes so typical of women," that wives should be treated after mar riage just as they were before. After marriage, a new set of rules apparently is drawn up in the feminine mind, and Dr. Popenoe tells the results of a survey among women in Co lumbus, Ohio, on what the ideal husband should do. Some of them: Tell interesting things about his work. Do thoughtful things the wife does not expect him to do. Sense when his wife wants affection and when she doesn't. Clean out the bathtub and wash basin after using them. Appre ciate and praise new dishes the wife prepares. Know how to pull the wife nut of the dumps when she gels into them. Always telephone when he is going to be late to din ner. Never talk about his for mer girl friends. Enjoy reading and discussing good books with his wife. Next: Nagging wives and what thry do to marriages. Tliere are 48 covered bridges still in use in Lane County, Ore. PACE 2C HERALD AND NEWS. 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