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Show Th Ballet In SwItMrUnd. Swiss voters go to tbo polls on Sun day. In somo districts the election! ar also held for a. few hours on Saturday Sat-urday evening. In a few of the cantons can-tons voting Is obligatory, and returns of from 70 to 80 per cent of the voting population are tbo result. The obligatory obliga-tory measure Is, however, not rigorously rigor-ously enforced. Small Ones are Imposed Im-posed unless an adequate excuso for nonattendanco Is forthcoming. Thcso lncludo illness In the 'family, mourn-lng'abscnce mourn-lng'abscnce from the city, a birth in the family nnd, In St. Gallon, necessary neces-sary attendance at a christening by a parent or godparent. "Official business" busi-ness" Is" also usually accepted. |