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Show 1 I f. More men than ever before are taking business trips and the strain is showing . Following is a guide for stay-at-ho- wives me fiy ALICE MULCAHEY Chicago Management consultant John A. Patton asked 4,000 executive wives how they would feel about their husbands accepting promotions that involved extensive travel. Some 64 per cent said they would tolerate it, but only on a temporary baas. The almost remaining 36 per cent two out of every five said they wanted no part of it. was in Cincinnati when Billy liU a ! broke his arm, in Boston when lr the oil burner broke down, and in New York when I had my miscarriage, housewife. sighs a Skokie, HI., The kids are cranky and disobedient when Jerrys gone, mutters an otherwise benign Bos- The newest, coolest, refreshingest gum ever... Frosty Mint Gum. See the added flavor in every mint green swirl. Cool spearmint flavor that starts lively... stays lively. Buy Beech-Nut.- .. By Gum! Another delicious new idea from Beech-jSl- ut tonian. I never bother to fix a decent meal for myself. Then in the middle of it all I think of him in a hotel suite somewhere being served breakfast in his room and get so mad I could scream! Every time he comes home from a trip, whispers an unhappy Seattle wife, I keep wondering if hes comparing me to some woman he met on the road. I believe Dick is faithful but So go the cries of distress from the wives of traveling husbands, a species of spouse that is growing almost as fast as our affluent society. If a womans place is in the home, it would seem that more and more, her husbands place is on the road. Far-Hu- ng .. doing more damage to family happiness than traveling itself. ' Do men enjoy traveling? I have known many men who gave up businessmen typical businessman annually travels some 30,000 miles (more than a trip around the globe) ; he makes an average of 19 trips and is away from the office and home about 54 days each year. A profile of the air traveler compiled by Louis Harris and Associates estimates that 86 out of every 100 airline trips are taken for business purposes. A large corporations annual travel and hotel bill may top $4 million and many' are around the SI million mark. Meanwhile, back at the ranch house, it is Mommy who has to manage alone. The strain on a can as on a career marriage , ' good-payi- ng jobs amply be- cause they involved too much time away from home, says Dr. RajTnond Katxell, New York Uni- vendty Professor of Psychology A recent survey by the Dart-ne- ll Corporation reports that the be severe. 14 Can marriage surtive it? Are wives justified in their about travworry and envy eling men on the town? Do husbands enjoy bugging out on the garbage, the little League and thePTA? Can a couple cope with constant separations? Amaxingly little research has been done on the problems of traveling husbands. And numerous myths spring up unchallenged perhaps , and consultant to top management organizations. The man on the go, says Dr. Katxell, not only misses his wife and family, he is also away from hobbies, friends, social patterns. . It is a disruption of his entire life." But this is not true for all men. Some, whom Dr. Katxell describes as the entrepreneurial type, are completely absorbed in their work and whether they are at home or several thousand miles away makes no great difference to their wives and children. Fortunately for the future of the American family, these zealots are a minority. Some men experience a tremendous conflict when asked to travel, says Co- - j |
