| Show election day in greece election day is an exciting one in greece the last one was especially eo in athens the people were to vote for members of parliament the election occurs every four years for a week previous to the polling all the men and boys were parading the streets headed by a band the greeks are blessed with most powerful lungs and their shouts of vival fairly drowned the braying of the lonkey s the interest was eo intense that the young children shared it and an american lady passing a mite of a boy on the street who was escorting a little girl home from school gallantly carrying her books heard mm ask her if she had a the voting takes place in the churches on sunday consequently the customary service is dispensed with in the church to which an american gentleman succeeded in finding access there were ranged round the church forty two boxes that being the number of the candidates these boxes were something the shape of a tea box one half painted white with yes on it and the other half black with no on it tin tubes projected from the front outward looking through these tubes one could see that the boxes were divided into two compartments beside each box stood a representative of the candidate and over the box appeared the candidates picture kich voter as he entered the church had his name and address registered and a check given him the above mentioned representative then gave the voter a bullet or vote made of lead formerly the dishonest voter would slip another bullet up his coat sleeve and as he raised his arm to the tube the bullet would roll down and two votes instead of one be cast but the representative senta tive now watches to prevent cheating negative votes as well as affirmative must also be cast that is if a voter objects to a candidate he must cast negative bullet the voter of course casts one vote at each box or forty two in all cor youths companion |
