泰迪熊 TEDDY BEAR的由來

1902年11月14日，美國第26屆總統老羅斯福在歷經密西西比州與路易斯安那州間一場艱苦的政策爭論後，來到密西西比州接近小向日葵河的農場以打獵做為休憩之旅。
為了取稅總統，一隻小熊被打昏並綁在樹上，以保證老羅斯福總統能輕易且安全的打獵，並做為狩獵的戰利品。不料這項射殺幼熊的殘忍計畫，卻被老羅斯福總統嚴辭拒絕，並說:「這絕非一場公平的競爭!」，而釋放小熊。
次日，這項消息被隨訪的柯利弗德名畫家，在華盛頓郵報上以漫畫的方式揭露這事件，同時以老羅斯福總統的小名TEDDY(泰迪)來為這隻小熊命名，好事隨即傳誦一時。有家糖果店的老闆，以這幅漫畫作為櫥窗的展示，並請老闆娘用布做了一隻小熊，每作出一隻，很快的就被買走了。後來，老闆寫信給羅斯福總統，請求所做出來的熊可否叫做「泰迪熊」，老羅斯福總統欣然答應，這就是世界上最早的泰迪熊，直到1904年，德國廠商才大量的生產泰迪熊販賣。

HOW THE TEDDY BEAR GOT IT

On the 14 November 1902, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United states of America took time out for relaxation him on a hunting trip to an area near Little Sunflower river in Mississippi. In an effort to please the president a bear cub was captured, stunned and tied to atreeto ensure that the president hod an easy target and would go home with a trophy.

However this plan backfired because the president refused to shoot the defencekcss cub and ordered it to be be set free .the press who were covering Roosevelt's visit quickly heard of the incident and the Washington Star's political car toonist Clifford Berry man drew this cartoon of the incident entitled'Drawing the line at Mississippi.The cartoom emphasizes the child like helplessness of the cub and was designed to convey the political message that such an upstanding president as Roosevelt could not te persuaded to make decisions for the wrong reasons.The cartoon was printed in all the papers and Roosevelt's popularity soared as a result of nis actions. For the rest of his political career Roosevelt mascot was 'Teddy's Bear' ,which Berryman continued to use in all his cartoons and which played a key part in the presidentssuccessful  ree-lection campaigh of 1905.

Mr. Mitchom used the cartoon as a guide to design a pattern of the bear cub he had seen in the cartoon .with his wife's help he quickly created a little bear and put in store's window along with a copy of the cortoon .He called the toy "Teddy's Bear". It became so populal that within a year of its creation, My. Mitchom closed the candy store and founded the Ideal Novelty and Toy company ,which was, at one time, the largest bear actory in the United States and remains one of the biggest toy companies in the world today.