Show TACTFUL VOTER WAS THIS simple peasant east cast his HI ballot to accompaniment compani ment of delicious bit of humor the simple people of alacce AT sac e who retain in their hearts a strong love for france at the same time that they are desirous not to offend their german rulers too much frequently have a hard time of it when they are brought to the ballot box to vote for representatives in the german parliament in one election in a certain alsatian district the two candidates were kahle kable an alsatian of french sympathies who had protested against tile the annexation after the war of 1870 and a german on election day a peasant came to the polling place which was waa presided over by a german official the peasant had bad in ono one hand a ticket on which was printed the name of kahle kable and in the other a ticket bearing tho the name of the german candidate mein herr he said to the german election official will you tell me ma which of these tickets Is the better one the officer looked at them why whir this Is much preferable said he indicating di the germans ticket ali ah I 1 thank you answered the tha peasant 1 I will keep it next my heart he folded it carefully and put it inside his coat As for this other then said he with an air of putting it away from him as an unworthy thing 1 I will leave it here and he put the kahle kable ticket in the ballot box |