We generally refer to a cute, cuddly stuffed bear as ¡°Teddy Bear¡± Even if the bears look different, are of different sizes or are from different makers, we still call almost any stuffed bear ¡°Teddy.¡± Why is this so? Who is ¡°Teddy¡±? Surprisingly, the name ¡°Teddy¡± does not come from a cute little boy or some heroic man who once rescued a bear in misery, but from former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt who was nicknamed ¡°Teddy¡± Long time ago in 1902, President Roosevelt went on a very unsuccessful bear-hunting trip in Mississippi. Someone who was on the trip finally captured a bear and suggested the president shoot it. Roosevelt refused to shoot the helpless bear. Inspired by the president¡¯s compassion for the bear, a cartoonist named ¡°Clifford Berryman¡± depicted the incident in a cartoon in The Washington Post.
Then the cartoon inspired a candy and stationery shop owner named ¡°Morris Michtom¡± in New York City to make a little stuffed bear in honor of the president¡¯s action. Michtom named a stuffed bear ¡°Teddy¡¯s Bear¡± and placed it in his shop window. Later he received permission from Roosevelt to sell the bears and the toy became an instant success thereafter.
Hwang Dong-Hyun Ssams5@changwon.ac.kr
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