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Show "NO PLACE LIKE HOME." Wealthy Americana, -who love to toady to the titled aristocracy of Europe, ami who live in Loudon because, theiy really isn't anybody on this side of the Atlantic At-lantic with whom such tine peoplo can associate, are now hoin treated .inst as though they wore native born Britishers Brit-ishers in tho matter of taxation. f they should happen to possess good old American securities they will bo compelled com-pelled to deposit them with the govern-nient govern-nient or pay the same penalty a subject sub-ject of King neorgo would pay in addition ad-dition -to the heavy tax already imposed upon such evidences of wealth. Naturally Nat-urally enough, these citizens of the United States, who make their money over hero and spend it in Europe, these persons who regard the rank and file of the people of their native land as uncouth, un-couth, are sorely grieved. They even go so far as to declare they will return home - unless an exception is made in their favor. John Howard Payne discovered dis-covered long ago that even "mid pleasures pleas-ures aud palaces, there's no place like home." But the author of the old melody was not even well off in this world's goods and doubtless would not have abased himself even in the presence pres-ence of royalty, let alone a mere sprig of the nobility, and where e'er he roamed he was still a true blue American Amer-ican and had the very highest respect for the virtues "of his fellow countrymen. country-men. . Tho American snobs living abroad have been cast in a different mold. If they entertain the notion that "there's no place like home," they give that as a reason for staying away from it. Bu now that they measure up to the British Brit-ish standard in the matter of paying war taxes and penalties for non-compliance they threaten to return to the shores of America and bring their superior su-perior airs and graces with them. "Lit-tlo "Lit-tlo Tommy dearly loves a lord," declared de-clared Byron in speaking of the poet Moore. Tho expatriated Americans also dearly love a lord, but they have tho greatest respect and veneration for the Almighty Dollar, 'now so highly esteemed es-teemed all over the world. If the British Brit-ish government declines to make an exception ex-ception in their favor, and they troop back to the United States, our loss will be Great Britain's gain, "for these fair weather friends and patriots are no good on either side of the Atlantic. |