Evening star., 1961-07-19
Stop
Killing
Yourself
BY PETER J. STEINcRoHN

Wuen 1 Cell Them LnaC eXer-
Gise is not necessary for good
health Or, for some other
reason when I discuss tobac-
co. alcohol, jobs. or other
problems. But women read
erS aren't q supine, silent
4ot when you say something
that doesn't sit well with
them.
FOR EXAMPLE, consider
these letters from two read
ers who didn't like my views
. at all concerning the disad-
vantages Of togetherness.
Dear Or. Steincrohn: It
siGnt often things stir me
;lip enough to write any COM
sznents about them, but one
sof your recent statements was
q pip. You said that sep
arate vacations were good for
families. What kind of vaca-
ton would have any place
with four children ranging
IN age from . to 5 without
the help Of my husband?
y The average man is away
from home 8 to IL hours q
day, but mother is home "A
hours q day, Z days q week,
and 50 weeks . year with
the kids, and II she isn't
home with them chances are
che is out with them.
Don't you think mothers
deserve q rest from children
too? Rearing q child into
an adult is a job for both
father and mother. It II .
pity more men don't spend
more time with their chill
siren. It wouldn't hurt them
TO be q little thoughtful of
their wives either and play
with the kids an hour or so
while she's preparing dinner.
= Most men think they are
Gods gift to women, but
IEod made Eve to be q COM
Spanion to Adam-not his
slave nor his ruler. I count
myself lucky. I've got q pretty
sgood husband considering
that he is q manl-Mrs. NJ,
New Jersey.
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I am
san avid reader Of your COL
slmn, and for the most part,
a agree with you. But today
II saw red.
= Separate vacations! Sure,
I'm all for them. But why
SHOULD mother, who is sad
sdled with the kids all year,
tbe stuck with them on q
syaeation alone? That's the
Suggest laugh I've had in nine
years. That's how long I've
sbeen married to the father
sof my five children.
I Father Is away from the
Echildren all day, he does the
shopping, we never, I mean
.never 60 out together. The
sonly time I get away from
sthis house and yard is when
I'VE 60 to church. I sit with
the kidS-aged / year to 712.
Daddy is an usher. After
church we spend the after
moon at his folks house.
My husband is the kind
Of man who doesn't want an
kpther night out with the boys.
He had one once, and was
ytoo tired to get up the next
! day.
He has q good diet, works
] IN an. office, and still goes
Ito sleep in front Of the TV
! set every night about $3.50.
The kids get on his nerves
IF they make any noise. even
] though we have had many
compliments on their good
behavior. I do not allow
them to make a doormat Of
me.
Il But he thinks he needs q
vacation. Why doesn't any,
one think mother needs a
{ vacation, too? I don't have
an automatic washer, never
get the car, and do every
J bit Of my own work. How
about it, DR.. Steincrohn? I'm
% and feel like 40!-Mrs. K
I Xxx.
= MY DEAR READERS.
Please reread that contro-
) yersial column. I wasn't tax
ing any sides, male against
female. ALI I suggested-and
! still dds that togetherness
can sometimes be overdone;
that occasional periods of
aloneness are as necessary
for recharging the human
battery as an electrical
charge is for the car battery.
AS q doctor, Of all people,
I realize that mothers need
and deserve q vacation as
much-if not more-than
anyone else.
=
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: My
uncle has q very rapid heart
beat and is quite emotional.
His doctor has prescribed Wit
amin B shots and some pills
Of meprobamate. For some
reason he can't take the
tranquilizer.
IT'S TRUE that some are
especially susceptible to the
action Of these drugs. For
example, such patients may
get too sleepy while driving,
and are a potential danger
on the road.
DR.. Steincrohn'S IeGtIet.
Get the Snoose Habit" tUiH
be sent on receipt OF a
stamped, Selt-GddresSed en-
ueIope and 10 cents in coin
for handling charges. Ad-
dress DR.. Steincrohn in care
OF The EDeMing Star.
(Bell Syndicate Featurs)