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The name Teddy Bear comes from
one of American President Theodore Roosevelt's hunting trips to
Mississippi. There were several other hunters competing, and most of
them had already shot something. A suite of Roosevelt's attendants,
lead by Holt Collier, cornered, clubbed, and tied to a willow tree an
American Black Bear after a long exhausting chase with hounds. They
called Roosevelt to the site and suggested he shoot it. He refused to
shoot the bear himself, deeming this un-sportsmanlike, but instructed
that the bear be killed to put it out of its misery, and it became the
topic of a political cartoon by Clifford Berryman in The Washington
Post on November 16, 1902. While the initial cartoon of an adult black
bear lassoed by a white handler and a disgusted Roosevelt had symbolic
overtones, later issues of that and other Berryman cartoons made the
bear smaller and cuter. |
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Ever wonder what you do with your first pay check?
You go out and get for yourself a teddy bear you have dreamt of since
young, but you cannot carry it with you whenever you goes, lest you
will be call a small girl.
No worry with this teddy bear fountain pen you can
bring your favorite teddy bear anywhere you are and be sure to enjoy
writing with them as well. Measuring 12.5cm in length and a super fine
stainless nib. It takes ink from bottles.
I wrote with it and it feels light, comfortable and wet. You should give it a try too! |
A 1902 political cartoon in The Washington Post spawned the Teddy bear name. |
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