MORE ABOUT THESE BEARS
When in the autumn of 1905, I created the characters of TEDDY-B and TEDDY-G I builded better than I knew. I brought these bears out of their mountain den in Colorado and started them on their tour of the East to teach children that animals, even bears, may have some measure of human feeling; that the primary purpose of animals is not necessarily that of supplying sport for the hunter. That this lesson has been abundantly taught is proven by the overwhelming welcome given the Teddy Bears by the boys and girls of the United States; and it is safe to say that the traditional “bear will get you” has now and forever lost its frightening significance.
This book is a sequel to “The Travels and Adventures of the Roosevelt Bears,” and completes the story of the tour of TEDDY-B and TEDDY-G from Colorado to Washington. The third volume will report in jingle and picture the tour of the Teddy Bears abroad.
ATH-DARA
Lansdowne, Pa.
LIST OF COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS
| Page | |
|---|---|
| “To ride bare-backed in the hurdle shute, | |
| Or join a band with drum and flute.” | [Cover] |
| “From noon till night they let things go, | |
| In sky above and on earth below.” | [Frontispiece] |
| “With bags on backs and sticks in hand, | |
| They started their tramp across the land.” | [11] |
| “They climbed up ladders in clouds of smoke, | |
| And lifted hose and windows broke.” | [22] |
| “‘Good afternoon,’ said TEDDY-B, | |
| ‘Is this Buster Brown and Tige I see?’” | [35] |
| “Dressed and ready for hours of fun, | |
| With cavalry horse or battery gun.” | [49] |
| “TEDDY-B threw the monkey and made him yell, | |
| And caught him every time he fell.” | [60] |
| “‘We’ve sailed before,’ said TEDDY-B, | |
| ‘We hit Chicago down a tree.’” | [73] |
| “As Dublin Mike and Pat from Cork, | |
| They came on the stage to look for work.” | [87] |
| “Across the sand in running dash, | |
| They struck the breakers with a splash.” | [98] |
| “At the Liberty Bell they took a try, | |
| And hoisted it up both good and high.” | [111] |
| “‘You mind these things,’ said TEDDY-G, | |
| ‘Our breakfast hour is half-past three.’” | [125] |
| “They met a lad on his way from school, | |
| Whom they stopped to question about a rule.” | [136] |
| “Said TEDDY-B, ‘Pay up the fares, | |
| We’ll pass to-morrow as millionaires,’” | [149] |
| “When Teddy Bears would rulers be, | |
| And hunt for men in cave or tree.” | [167] |
| “With outstretched hand and smiling face, | |
| He gave them welcome to the place.” | [178] |
