in 1920, the sinking every of jules burns birth, the danish newspaper in partnership with the stockholm newspaper advertising would send a boy aged 15-17 around the world to commemorate burns famous novel. the boy had to be in good health, needed permission from his family, must speak english and german in order to do interviews. him he was not allowed to fly. became pacific railway arranged for travel and the newspapers would pay any remaining expenses. the competition was open. and over 100 boys the newspaper offices in copenhagen as contest to a girl telephoned to protester in eligibility. good for her. the staff a limited all that a 15 year-old boys. that made the task easy. an essay contest identify two finalist. both of them boy scouts. the two boys drew lots to the winner, a freckled face red hair went home to tell his mother had a week to get his vaccinations of that. he was told give a direct and either mail or telegraph the report at each of his stops. another obligation was to meet and charm the public, which made it into a roving commercial advertisement, particularly for ca