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Teddy Bears |
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Everyone loves teddy bears, but do you know how they
originated ? In November 1902, American President
Theodore Roosevelt went ___1___
Mississippi to help ___2___
a boundary dispute with Louisiana. There, he went
with some friends ___3___
an unsuccessful bear hunt. Knowing that he was ___4___,
a fellow hunter captured a bear, tied it to a tree
and ___5___
the president to shoot it. Upon seeing the
defenseless bear, Mr Roosevelt did not ___6___
the heart to do so. Mr Clifford Berryman, a
cartoonist with the Washington Post, drew a ___7___
depicting the president's refusal to shoot the bear.
The cartoon, called Drawing the Line, was ___8___
in newspapers ___9___
the nation.
Morris and Rose Michtom, a Russian immigrant
couple, ___10___
the cartoon. Rose made small stuffed bears to sell
in their store. Morris wrote to the president
seeking permission to call the handmade bears
'Teddy's Bears'. The president ___11___
giving his permission, but added that he did not
think that using his name would help sell the bears.
The bears proved to be very popular and soon were
mass-___12___.
At the same time, jointed plush bears were being
designed in Germany by a family business headed ___13___
Margarete Steiff. In 1902, her nephew, Richard
Steiff, developed the first bears with ___14___
limbs and shaggy mohair fur. At first, the Steiff
bears were unsuccessful. In March 1903, however, at
the Leipzig Fair, the New York department store
George Borgfeldt and Co. bought 3,000 Steiff teddy
bears. By 1907, Steiff were ___15___
975,000 bears a year, 90 per cent of which were
exported to the United States. |
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Everyone loves teddy bears, but do you know how they originated
? In November 1902, American President Theodore Roosevelt went
to Mississippi to help
settle/resolve a boundary
dispute with Louisiana. There, he went with some friends
on an unsuccessful bear
hunt. Knowing that he was disappointed,
a fellow hunter captured a bear, tied it to a tree and
summoned/told/called the
president to shoot it. Upon seeing the defenseless bear, Mr
Roosevelt did not have the
heart to do so. Mr Clifford Berryman, a cartoonist with the
Washington Post, drew a picture/cartoon
depicting the president's refusal to shoot the bear. The
cartoon, called Drawing the Line, was
published in newspapers
across the nation.
Morris and Rose Michtom, a Russian immigrant couple,
saw the cartoon. Rose made
small stuffed bears to sell in their store. Morris wrote to the
president seeking permission to call the handmade bears 'Teddy's
Bears'. The president replied
giving his permission, but added that he did not think that
using his name would help sell the bears. The bears proved to be
very popular and soon were mass-produced.
At the same time, jointed plush bears were being designed in
Germany by a family business headed by
Margarete Steiff. In 1902, her nephew, Richard Steiff, developed
the first bears with movable
limbs and shaggy mohair fur. At first, the Steiff bears were
unsuccessful. In March 1903, however, at the Leipzig Fair, the
New York department store George Borgfeldt and Co. bought 3,000
Steiff teddy bears. By 1907, Steiff were
making/producing 975,000 bears a year, 90 per cent
of which were exported to the United States. |
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