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COUGH 1 •V THK OLO TIMER PAGE 17-PLAINDEALER-WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1973 boat was blowing for a bridge to From Lucien A. Hobbs, Los^ Gatos, Ca.: I remember the cob­ blestone streets and the drays pulled by horses, a clatter and din unforgettable. A greater noise was made by the horse- drawn fire engine flying by with smoke belching from the milk bottle-shaped boiler, a fireman stoking it like mad, and halfway up the block a fireman would always rush out of his house and leap on the back end just in time. That was a thrilling sight--two horses, manes sailing, bits forth- ing, in full gallop. I remember the cavernous ice wagon, dripping water around its sides, with delightful pieces of ice at the back, and the iceman picking blocks out, with tongs, throwing a piece on his padded shoulder, and into the house to the wood refrigerator. I remember the din of factory whistles in the mornings and often wondered how a workman gardeners and chauffeurs, Beck said. However, no taxes are due on amounts paid to persons who are independent contractors and not household employees. This exempts payments to painters, plum­ bers, repairmen, carpenters and others who provide household services as in­ dependent contractors, he said. Beck noted that money given to household employees for carfare is to be counted in total wages paid. However, car tokens, passes and the value of meals are not included in wages. could tell which was his. And, if foggy, an added din of boat whistles which in time I came to know from what kind of vessel: sharp, throated blasts from tugs, long deep notes from larger ves­ sels, shrill sounds of ferry boats, and intermingled all sort of toots - and bells. I also knew when a open, impatient and demanding. (Sand contributions to rtiii cohtmn to Tko OM Timor, tax ttt, Frankfort. Ky. 40M1.) What's Your Excuse I learned many things at my mother's knee and other low joints! 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'til 5:30 sun. 12-5 TRIBUNO VERMOUTH 1.19 NACK? COUfl? COMMAND ANTI PERSPIRANT SYRUP CIGARETTES T REGULAR DIS-POS- A-LAMP DISPOSABLE FLASHLIGHT RX0DENT DENTURE ADHESIVE CREAM COCA- COLA PACK-16 0Z. BOTTLES EDELWEISS EDEL 12 PK.-12 02. CANS Clinic Philip, at age 2, tried to in­ timidate me by social pressure. For kiddies try to take ad­ vantage of us adults and coerce us by the "credibility gap" and other fancy phrases. But old- fashioned things, like money and morality, still determine success. Hippies would snap out of their juvenility if in­ dulgent parents stopped their monthly cash, allowances! By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE K-564: My son Philip is known to millions of you TV fans, for he is the conservative American history professor who is often asked to debate the liberals on social issues. But his independent attitude must have started early. For-vflien he was seated at the dinner table while he was just two years of age, I reprimanded him. For Philip was using the fingers of his left hand to push the mashed potatoes and gravy upon the spoon which he held in his right hand. "Philip," I suggested, "why don't you use a piece of bread as a 'pusher' and thus keep your fingers from getting messy?" Maybe I was a little abrupt, for Philip replied, quite positively: "Everybody does it this way!" And when I must have raised my eyebrows in disbelief, he added pompously and as a clincher: "Two people do it!" Now that number "two" was the highest digit that Philip knew at that time. So when he tried to refute my advice, he was saying in effect, "Two billion people do as I do!" This childhood episode brings out a very important point with reference to parent-child relations. Children often try to coerce their parents by suggesting that "Everybody in my class has a bicycle!" Or, they may also endeavor PREPARE FOR CONCERT - The Northern Illinois Choral Association will present its tenth annual Christmas concert Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle church, Oak street and 176, Crystal Lake. The choir is under the direction of Ms. Margaret M. Griffith and will be joined by the McHenry County choir. This year's program will cover Christmas music from the Renaissance to modern day and will include such selections as "Hear The Joyful News" by J. S. Bach, "From the East Unto the West" by G.F. Handel, "Love Came Down At Christmas" by Leo Sowerby and'Frnitaake by Hagemann and Leka. Along with music by Haydn, Eccard, \Villan, Kountz and Pipham, there w be Christmas carols from France, Canada, America and a selectional of traditionafcarols. to stampede tbeir parents by saying: "All the kids in my block get to sit up till 9 o'clock to watch TV." Young kiddies like 2-year-old Philip thus "sense" the fact that social pressure is an ef­ fective club to wield over adults. The recent stress on the "generation gap" and the "credibility gap" are just variations of the former at­ tempt by youth to intimidate adults under the threat that we parents are "old-fashioned" or "old fogies" or "squares." So never believe for a moment that it is only the adult generation that uses psychology in parent-child dilemmas. For kiddies soon learn Row to manipulate and even coerce and intimidate or blackmail their elders. Thus, when a divorced couple are shuttling their child back and forth, the youngster routinely "feeds" his mother the language he knows she desires by saying: "I don't want to spend the weekend with Daddy." But when Sunday afternoon arrives and divorced daddy is tq take the youngster back to mamma, the child will deftly say: "Daddy, I don't want to leave you. Do I have to go back to Mamma?" Such kiddies also learn to show off the favors or con­ cessions and toys that daddy gave them so they can then tempt their mother to raise the ante, as it were, and give them even more concessions. Even the parents who employ the best type of psychology will still find that children tend to stampede, like sheep, ac­ cording to the latest TV fads, such as smoking, drinking, miniskirts, etc. But good parents should never be intimidated! Our job is to rear self-reliant, thinking and facile-reading youngsters! Too many parents treat their k'ddies as human "toys" in­ stead of rational individuals. So send for my "Tests for Good Parents," enclosing a long stamped, return envelope, plus 20 cents. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, en­ closing a long stamped, ad­ dressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) ' TAX FACTS If you pay someone $50 or more for household services during any three-month calendar quarter, you must report these payments and pay Social Security taxes to the Internal Revenue Service. The report for the fourth calendar quarter is due Jan. 31, 1974, Roger C. Beck, district director of Internal Revenue for Northern Illinois has an­ nounced. Often when maids or other household employees apply for benefits, it comes to light that all Social Security taxes/have not been paid, Beck said. The IRS then has to secure delinquent returns from the employer, sometimes covering several years with a sub­ stantial amount of taxes, penalties and interest due. This may delay and decrease benefits for the household employees, he added. The Social Security tax on household wages is 5.85 percent for the employer and 5.85 percent for the employee. When filing the quarterly report, the employer should include a check or money order for 11.70 percent of cash wages paid for the period. Beck said. Employers must use Form 942, Employer's Quarterly Tax Return for Household Employees, to report the Social Security taxes due. After the first one is filed, a copy of Form 942 is mailed to every employer in time for the next quarterly report. However, if you do not receive a form, you may obtain one from your local IRS office. Among those employees considered household em­ ployees are maids, cleaning women, cooks, governesses, housekeepers, caretakers. )