Women's magazines continue to print 'helpful' articles on How to Hang on to Your Husband while thousands of wives write to me and complain that 'hanging is too good for 'em.

I advise keeping four feet on the floor and all hands on deck.

If criticism is needed, do it tactfully. Don't use a sledgehammer when a fly swatter will do the job.

Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not strive to look better by making others look worse.

In recent years, there have been reports of people with twisted minds putting razor blades and poison in taffy apples and Halloween candy. It is no longer safe to let your child eat treats that come from strangers.