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Posted by Songbird on 10/27/2024, 1:22 am, in reply to "This Day in History – October 27"
In 1902, Teddy Roosevelt accepted a hunting invitation from Mississippi governor, Andrew Longino and they went on with their guide named Holt Collier, who knew the land well.
Collier was determined to help an eager Roosevelt to find a black bear so on the second day of their excursion, Collier encountered one.
Collier decided to tie the bear up for Roosevelt however, when Roosevelt saw this, he was astonished.
Roosevelt declared his dislike of the scene and said that such an act would be unsportsmanlike.
This news of Roosevelt's act of compassion spread like wildfire around the United States.
Right after that cartoonist Clifford Berryman of the Washington Post produced the sensational cartoon at the top of this blog explaining the event.
Like everyone else, a couple in Brooklyn, New York, Rose, and Morris Michtom got a glimpse of the event after the incident was publicized nationally in an editorial cartoon.
The couple owned a penny candy shop and decided that they would make a stuffed plush bear doll and display it in the window to honor the President and his compassionate act.
They cut out some pieces of fabric and sewed on some button eyes and displayed it on their window.
The stuffed toy was called Teddy’s Bear. It was an overnight hit! People loved it so much that the Mitchtoms had to ask if they could use Roosevelt’s name for the bear and Roosevelt obliged.
Now, Instead of selling candy, the couple decided to start the Ideal Toy Company, which went on to produce a multi-generational love of Teddy Bears.
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