To say that the cute pet representative in the toy industry, the originator of selling cute, is the cute teddy bear, maybe you don't know, its birth is not simple, it is the world's rare birth noble, about its design inspiration and name are from a twentieth-century US president, called Theodore Roosevelt.
It should be noted that this Roosevelt has nothing to do with Roosevelt in World War II, he is older and more famous in the history of the United States, one of the four presidents carved on President Hill, one of the landmarks of the United States, in front of him are Washington, the first president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, who drafted the Declaration of Independence, emancipated black slaves, and Lincoln who led the Civil War.
So why did Theodore Roosevelt, a political magnate, be involved with toy teddy bears?
Roosevelt, who was born into a wealthy family, is not in good physical condition when he is young, has asthma when he is a child, and has heart disease when he grows up, but he is young and frivolous, but he has a wild dream of a western cowboy, for which he also ran to Dakota to be a cowboy, and he is not only "posing", he is also enthusiastic in it, hunting bears, riding horses, bar fights, catching thieves, legend that Midwestern cowboys will do, Roosevelt will dabble.
It is because of this "glorious" history, when he enters the White House, some "sensible" people will do what they like, and when he is on vacation, he will arrange hunting activities from time to time, especially the heroic bear hunting, reliving the cowboy years.
Once, Roosevelt went to Mississippi for an inspection, and the governor of Mississippi also arranged a bear hunt in order to enrich the leader's spare time. But when he was active, the process of hunting bears and rounding up was a bit long, which made Roosevelt a little impatient.
If the leadership is not satisfied, then change. So, the governor managed to find a bear first, and as a result, the unlucky bear brother, after being beaten half to death, was tied to a tree. Then the governor invited the president and asked him to shoot and send Brother Xiong to the western sky.
But when President Roosevelt came to the scene and saw this picture, his enthusiasm suddenly dropped to the freezing point, and he felt that he was a dignified cowboy, but now he was going to do it to a bound bear, and if it was passed out, it would be too much of a pure cowboy.
However, there is no impermeable wall in the world. The president's affair was still known by gossipy American media people, so the glorious deeds of the president's reluctance to shoot the black bear spread throughout the United States in an instant, becoming the talk of the people after dinner.
At this time, in Brooklyn, New York, there was a Jewish couple who ran a candy store, but saw the opportunity, the Jewish wife made a bear toy out of velvet overnight, and then put it in the store, and named it Teddy Bear, so called Teddy because Roosevelt had a nickname Teddy.
Such a timely move should also be the blessing of the president's halo, the teddy bear actually aroused the interest of customers who came to the candy store, although the teddy bear at that time was not cute at all, and even a little fierce, but customers still expressed that they wanted to buy.
However, naming a teddy bear after the president seems to be a bit of a violation of the president's right to a name. So the Jewish couple decided to write an application to President Roosevelt in the White House, also with respect.
After receiving the letter, President Roosevelt was not angry, but approved the birth of the teddy bear very much. As a result, the Jewish couple made a lot of teddy bears, which were sold out after they were on the shelves.
When the business opportunity came, and what candy was sold, the Jewish couple immediately changed their business direction, began to specialize in selling bears, and established a company called Perfect Toys, that is, from this point on, teddy bears entered the hearts of countless children. Over time, countless designers have improved, and finally the teddy bear has its current "cute" appearance.
Although more than 100 years have passed since the birth of teddy bears, when people occasionally see teddy bears, they still feel an inexplicable warmth in their hearts. However, this cute teddy bear from the United States is loved, as for the changeable American politicians...
