The Press: Troubles in Texas

Question: What do you do if the kinfolk show up only at hog-killing time, licking their chops for pork? Answer: Keep the execution secret. Question: What do you do when your husband's whittle shavings are always flying into the piecrust? Answer: Get him a "whittling room."

Big-city agony columnists like Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren might turn up their powdered noses at such rural dilemmas. But Janice Tate, 37, the go-getting wife of a Corsicana, Texas insurance agent, is making a name for herself with her home-style answers to the problems that perplex...

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