New Britain herald., 1927-09-16
CHEERS FOR DANES GIVEN BY LOOMS, TYPICAL |. s. BOY
New Britain Lad Home From Trip With More Than 100
 Who Represented America
MODERN DANCES POPULAR,
 "YOUNG DENMARK" SMOKES

Hosts Take up Football and Base
 ball When Guests show Them
 How Games Are Playcd-Hospi-
 tality Makes Hit With Yankee
 Juveniles Taken Abroad on EI-
 rand of Amity and Fellowship.
 'Tho hospitality Of the Danish people? They're ,he most wonderful people ] ever met. Plle il on thick That was the answer Albert Good win Loomis. son Of Mir. and Mrs. George l.. Loomis Of = Lincoln street gave 10 Herald reporter who asked him today what impression of his trip 10 Denmark was the strong est
 Albert, who is 13 years of age, an t1Elo Scout, q member Of Troop 2 o' the South church, and q pupil in tho ninth grade, Central Junior High school. was selected as one of more than lop representative American boys 70 mak" a trip 10 Denmark this summer as ''ambasSadors" from the United States 10 the homes of that country. The trip was under the dt- roc'ion or Dr. Sven Knudscn and 'he appointment of the local boy as one Of the members of tho group is considered as high honor for him. He was the youngest boy in the party.
 Everywhere they went they were royalty entertained, according to the young man from New Britain, and it appeared that the Danes could not do too much for the youths from the Tinted States. The boys were quarfored in Danish homes during part ot their stay over there and the attention and Hospitality they re- coiYod was remarkable, according to Albert.
 He kept a diary Of the entire trip. setting down on its pages the most interesting happenings oC each day. The diary throughout attnats to the fact that Albert thinks the Danish people aro about the worlds best.
 Carried Letters to Officials
 When he left New Britain he bore letters from Nave, Gardner C. Weld md Secretary Ralph II. Benson of tho New Britain Chamber of Com mcrc", 10 dirnatories in Copon- hagen, where the party spent three weeks. IIo stated that ho was woll received hy the mon 10 whom the letters were addressed and that both nf them took great deal Of inter- "st in the boys and in the United S'at6a. However, Copenhagen has five mayors. so he presented the let 'or to th" second mayor of the city.
 The party left New York July 23 last on the g. s. HclliE Olav, land ing at Copenhagen on August 5. A wook was spent at Aarhus. Den mark, where the boys were quarter od with Danish families. The wei come they received was wonderful. ho said. The boys were given the koys to the homes and were told 10 go and come as they liked.
 Albert stated that he found the Danish food and customs much diff tcrcnt from those in this country. In fact. he hintcd that he wasn't any too cnthuSo1 over the food served on tho tables of Danish homes. Table m1nncrs are different, also, than they are here.
 Boys and Girls smoke Freely
 Speaking of the customs of the Danes, t is seen that they have gone farther than the United States in many ways. For instance, Albert stated that boys and girls over there smoke considerably as matter Of coUrs". From the time they are very young they do considerable smoking and no one thinks anything of if.
 When asked if the boys were Guartorcd in the homes Of the wealthy Albert replied that there is no wealth in Denmark. No one is extremely wealthy and no one is poor Tho people are well provided
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