The_More About Teddy B. and Teddy G., the Roosevelt Bears Being Volume Two Depicting Their Further Travels and Adventures

[Illustration:

“From noon till night they let things go,

In sky above and on earth below.”

]

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MORE ABOUT

Teddy B. and Teddy G.

THE

ROOSEVELT BEARS

Being Volume Two Depicting their further Travels and Adventures.

_By_

Seymour Eaton

(PAUL PIPER)

Illustrated by

R. K. Culver

EDWARD STERN & COMPANY, Inc.

PHILADELPHIA

MCMVII

By Seymour Eaton

By Edward Stern & Company, Inc.

Published September 1, 1907

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.

[Illustration: _Seymour Eaton_]

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

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How The

Roosevelt Bears

reached

NEW YORK

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The Roosevelt Bears were born out West

In a big ravine near a mountain crest,

Where they lived as cubs and had such play

As Teddy Bears have every day.

But they learned some things as years went by

Of cities great and buildings high,

And trains that run at rapid speed,

And schools which teach folks how to read,

And circus clowns and phonograph

And other things which make folks laugh,

And big hotels where meals they say

Are served in style both night and day.

They had heard of men of great renown

Who lived and died in Boston town;

Of rulers brave and statesmen bold

And millionaires with barrels of gold;

Of men who work just day by day

For boys and girls and daily pay;

And of one they heard who works for fun:

The President at Washington.

[Illustration]

These bears some travel books had found

Which told them the world is round.

They made up their minds that they would see

And learn about geography

And visit cities everywhere

And introduce the Teddy Bear.

They found some gold in a cave one day

Which they could use to pay their way.

[Illustration:

“_They found some gold in a cave one day._”

]

So one bright morn they said good-bye

To cave and creek and mountain high,

To an old bobcat with a bandaged knee,

To a young cougar and squirrels three,

To a big-horn sheep and a mountain deer,

And to other friends that lived quite near;

And with bags on backs and sticks in hand

They started their tramp across the land.

The black bear’s name was TEDDY-B;

The B for black or brown, you see.

[Illustration]

And TEDDY-G was the gray bear’s name;

The G for gray; but both bears came

For “Teddy” because

Children called them Teddy Bears.

[Illustration]

The “Teddy” part is a name they found

On hat and tree and leggings round,

On belt and boot and plates of tin,

And scraps of paper and biscuits thin,

And other things a hunter dropped

At a mountain camp where he had stopped.

The story tells how these Teddy Bears

Scattered forever all blues and cares,

And made fun and frolic and mischief too,

And did some tricks for bears quite new;

And how some boys, the stories tell,

Liked these two Teddy Bears so well

That they made a million for the stores to sell:

Some quite little, for children small,

And some as big as the bears are tall;

The brown ones looking like TEDDY-B,

And the white as funny as TEDDY-G.

[Illustration:

“With bags on backs and sticks in hand,

They started their tramp across the land.”

]

[Illustration]

The story goes on to tell how far

These two bears rode in a Pullman car,

And the tricks they played on folks that night

When the colored porter put out the light;

And how TEDDY-G wouldn’t sleep upstairs

“On a shelf,” he said, “too small for bears.”

He wanted a window; he wanted to see;

And he kept folks awake till half-past three.

[Illustration]

And the story tells of other tricks

In the dining car, and of a mix

When TEDDY-G pulled a rope on top

And brought the train to a sudden stop;

And how the two were put off the train

On a Kansas farm in a shower of rain.

The fun they had from that time on

Fills every page of Book Number One.

[Illustration]

They started by learning the famous trick

How farmer boys get ahead so quick.

But the things they did would take your breath,

For they scared the farmer half to death.

The horses were put at gathering eggs,

And pigs walked round on two hind legs,

And sheep were given the corn to hoe

And potatoes to plant and wheat to sow.

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The story tells how an angry bull

Made a pasture field look pretty full

And chased the two bears round a stack

And over the top and down and back.

From there to a district school they went,

On mischief and education bent,

Where things were done by TEDDY-B,

Who hit the desk and said that he

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Would make letters dance and figures fly

And good boys laugh and bad boys cry;

The questions he gave; and the boys, their look;

They had never seen them in a book:

If a camel can go without water a week

How long can he go if he owns a creek?

And this, to bound the moon and sky,

And name the capital of by-and-by;

And a hundred more as hard and tough,

Till the children said they had enough;

But when they left the school that day

The children were happy, the farmers say.

The story tells how in railway style

They ran an engine for a mile

And spent a day at a county show

And helped the boys to make things go;

How they walked on ropes drawn good and tight

And jumped through hoops and landed right;

[Illustration]

And of the ride in an old balloon

Which took them half-way to the moon;

And things that happened in the sky that night

And the way the world went out of sight;

And how they landed in Lincoln Park

In Chicago town just ’fore dark,

[Illustration]

And the big hotel on a busy street

Where waiters brought them things to eat.

How they rang for bell boys, just for fun,

To give them a quarter and see them run;

And the fun they made in vaudeville;

Children are laughing about it still.

[Illustration]

And the bargain sale; TEDDY-G got lost;

And the things they bought and what they cost;

And their trip to Niagara Falls that night,

And what they thought of Niagara’s height,

And the picnic boys and the boating stunt

When they shot the rapids in a punt;

And how the boys made cheering go

When the train pulled out for Buffalo.

[Illustration]

The story tells of their further jaunt

And of TEDDY-G at a restaurant;

How he missed his train and lost his mate;

For TEDDY-B had risen late;

And the jolly crowds the bears to greet

To cheer them all along the street

[Illustration]

As they rode from station to Common green

In Boston town like king or queen;

And of the home on Beacon Hill

Where Priscilla Alden and her brother Will

Entertained them gladly days and nights

While they were seeing the Boston sights.

[Illustration]

But the things they did in Boston town

Are done in picture and written down

In Volume One by Teddy’s paw,

The jolliest book you ever saw.

It tells how they captured Bunker Hill

And worked like soldiers with stubborn will;

And how they got lost in Boston squares

Where criss-cross streets run everywheres;

[Illustration]

And the time they had at Plymouth Rock

When trying to make forefathers talk;

And the auto ride to Lexington

Which nearly cost them all their fun,

For TEDDY-G would chauffeur be

And he ran that car like sixty-three;

It didn’t run; he made it sail

And landed himself and his mate in jail.

[Illustration]

The story tells of their Harvard tricks,

Where they got themselves in another mix

In getting degrees, a double-L-D,

Which didn’t fit well on TEDDY-G;

It tells about the talking machine,

The funniest thing they had ever seen;

How they danced a two-step and sang as well

And heard Uncle Josh his stories tell;

It tells of the time when they went to see

Where the Boston patriots made good tea

In seventeen hundred and sixty-three;

[Illustration]

And then of their sail in a little skiff,

And how a storm hit them a biff

And sent them out on the ocean wide,

Half-way across to the other side;

And how at noon there came in sight

A tower of ice all glistening white;

[Illustration]

And how they met away out, there

On this iceberg white a polar bear;

And the stories he told of a northern pole

Which was never seen by a living soul,

But it carried a flag both night and day,

The stars and stripes of the U. S. A.;

[Illustration]

And the story tells of the rescue made

And how the steamer crowds hurrahed

As “Yankee Doodle” the brass band played;

And then it tells, this jolly book,

How reporters met them at Sandy Hook

And asked them questions and pictures took;

And of New York and its buildings high,

And how the bears made money fly,

And dressed in style to see the town,

To do Fifth Avenue up and down;

[Illustration]

And the guide they hired, wee Muddy Pete,

A lad whose home was on the street,

And his little dog, a terrier white,

Pete’s boon companion day and night.

The story tells of the circus show

Where the two bears helped to make things go;

[Illustration]

How like heroes of a hundred fights

The Roosevelt Bears in colored tights

Stepped in the ring to dance or sing,

To ride or tumble or anything.

So these Teddy Bears are here to stay:

They came from the West one summer’s day

And journeyed East from town to town

And gathered fame and much renown.

[Illustration]

Book Number One (boys know it well)

The pictures show and the stories tell

Of how they crossed the U. S. A.

(And made folks laugh both night and day)

To New York City, there to be told

That Teddy Bears in the shops were sold.

But the bears in the shops are only toys

Made to please good girls and boys.

These Roosevelt Bears, TEDDIES-B and G,

Are as full of mischief as you or me;

They laugh and talk and sleep and eat

And go around on two hind feet

And ride on cars and wear good clothes;

And the things they do, dear only knows,

For they read from books and music play

And lose themselves nearly every day.

But the story here and these pictures new

Tell things about them just as true

As the things that happened, children say,

From West to East along the way.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

put out a

FIRE

[Illustration]

One day the Bears took trolley rides

With Muddy Pete and Cribs for guides.

The car was open; they enjoyed the air;

They helped the conductor collect the fare,

[Illustration]

And pulled the bell to start or stop,

And fixed the trolley pole on top,

And put on the brakes and rang the gong

When teams in front didn’t move along.

But they got in trouble when TEDDY-G

Climbed on the roof of the car to see

The working of the electricity.

[Illustration:

“_But they got in trouble when TEDDY-G climbed on the roof of the car

to see the working of the electricity._”

]

[Illustration:

“They climbed up ladders in clouds of smoke,

And lifted hose and windows broke.”

]

[Illustration]

What it was that hit him he didn’t know,

But it hit so smart TEDDY-G let go

And tumbled off a dozen feet

From the trolley top down to the street.

[Illustration]

The car was stopped; TEDDY-B got out

To see what the trouble was all about;

The conductor gave expert advice;

Muddy Pete replied with words not nice;

While Cribs stood round as if to say

“Let us try it again some other day.”

“The thing that struck me,” said TEDDY-G,

As he walked to the curb on hand and knee.

“Struck me all over, outside and in,

At every place like a prodding pin,

And burned like fire and did all so quick

I hadn’t time to learn the trick.”

“Let the car go on,” said TEDDY-B,

“We’ll stay right here this town to see

And get some lunch and look around,

And walk up that hill to that college ground,

And climb that pole on the public square

And show the children playing there

That the Roosevelt Bears have been to school

And know A B C by rote and rule.”

[Illustration]

“You may go yourself,” said TEDDY-G,

“And see the town, but as for me,

I climbed one pole to-day before

And it left my bones a trifle sore.

I’ll stay right here and rest a bit

The several places where I got hit.”

While thus they talked Muddy Pete and Cribs

Went off to buy some roasted ribs

And fried potatoes and muffins hot

And three cups of coffee in a pot.

As they ate their lunch they heard a ring,

Both quick and loud: ding! ding! ding! ding!

“A fire! fire!” cried Muddy Pete,

And off the four ran down the street.

TEDDY-G forgot about electricity

And ran as fast as TEDDY-B.

They found the fire in a dry goods store

And making its way towards three or four

Of the largest shops on the busiest street:

A clothing house and a store with meat,

And a great big grocery on the right

And not a fireman yet in sight.

The firemen’s hall was across the street

And in half a minute Captain Muddy Pete

[Illustration]

Had told some boys that the job was theirs

And had given orders to the Roosevelt Bears

About the wagons and reel and hose,

And hooks and ladders and firemen’s clothes.

[Illustration:

_Muddy Pete._

]

“I’ve seen a thousand fires,” said he,

“And I know this thing from A to Z.

Slap on those togs: they fit you slick;

Boost out the reel; get busy quick;

Hitch up that rubber to that spouter there;

Twist round the stopper and let ’er tear.

Hang on to that nozzle, you TEDDY-G,

And point it straight at the fire you see.”

[Illustration:

“_Up to a roof with hose in hand

And on the ridge to take his stand._”

]

“Now let ’er go!” and with swishing stroke

The water struck the fire and smoke.

In sixty seconds the Roosevelt team

Were pouring water, a steady stream,

On the blazing store and the crowd near-by,

Making women run, and children cry.

[Illustration:

_TEDDY-G._

]

Captain Muddy Pete took full command

And told the Bears just where to stand,

And what to do and where to go,

And to point the nozzle high or low.

They climbed up ladders in clouds of smoke,

And lifted hose and windows broke,

And carried goods out to the street,

And burned their ears and scorched their feet.

They saved two boys from the highest floor

Who were in a room and had locked the door.

The wind was blowing both hard and high,

And it carried fire to roofs near-by.

TEDDY-G was ordered by Muddy Pete

To carry a ladder across the street,

And go up to a roof with hose in hand,

And on the ridge to take his stand,

And turn the hose all round about

Till every fire he could see was out.

And thus they worked like trained firemen

Till there wasn’t a spark where the fires had been.

[Illustration:

_TEDDY-B._

]

The man that owned the dry goods store

Took the Bears to his home for an hour or more

And Cribs and Pete for cream and cake

And offered them cash which they wouldn’t take.

He ordered a carriage with coachman swell,

To take them back to their hotel,

And promised to print in the local press

Their pictures large in firemen’s dress.

[Illustration]

And a full report of the fire that day

And the things he heard the towns-folk say

About bravery shown and the speed they made:

Captain Muddy Pete and his fire brigade.

Said TEDDY-B, in their room that night,

“One fire a day is enough to fight;

I’m stiff and tired and burned and sore;

I’m going to sleep a week or more,

And read in bed and play I’m sick

Till I get tired of doing the trick.”

Said TEDDY-G, as he put out the light,

“You fought one fire; I had two to fight;

But I’d rather play with a house afire

Them fool again with an electric wire.”

But long before they went to sleep

They outlined plans next day to keep:

The Hippodrome and the Wax Musee

Were things they surely had to see.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

see the

WAX MUSEE

At eight o’clock the following day

The postman left, the bell boys say,

A hundred letters for each Roosevelt Bear,

From East and West and everywhere:

Letters from friends at their mountain glen

Telling of trouble with hunting men.

[Illustration]

A letter from the teacher of the Kansas school

With sums worked out and giving a rule

For answering the questions which TEDDY-B

Had given the class in geography.

A letter from the farmer where they spent a day

Asking them sure to return that way.

It said that the bull which scared them blue

Would be tied by the nose when they came through.

A lawyer wrote demanding cash

For the old balloon that went to smash.

[Illustration:

“_A hundred letters for each Roosevelt Bear, from East and West and

everywhere._”

]

A Niagara lad sent local news

And an envelope filled with Niagara views.

A sophomore wrote to TEDDY-G

To ask how he liked his L-D degree.

Priscilla Alden sent a little note

Which said she was glad their little boat

Carried them through the storm so nice

And landed them safe on the berg of ice.

[Illustration:

“_But TEDDY-G went straight ahead, while the machine by TEDDY-B was

fed._”

]

Letters in dozens from girls and boys

Sending them books and candy and toys

To give away when they wanted to treat

Deserving lads like Muddy Pete.

The last letter opened by TEDDY-B

Was an invitation to the Wax Musee,

To visit the show that day at three.

“I’ll hire a machine,” said TEDDY-G,

“And answer my mail by electricity.

There’s one at work on the floor below,

Where you feed in letters and let it go.

I’ve seen the writing of this machine,

Like a printed page in blue and green;

And the girl who owns it said that she

Would give a typewriting lesson free.”

[Illustration:

“‘Good afternoon,’ said TEDDY-B,

‘Is this Buster Brown and Tige I see?’”

]

Said TEDDY-B, “I’m afraid you’re wrong,

But if you want to try I’ll go along.”

So down they went to try their luck

At printing letters like a book.

The girl was out; the machine was there;

TEDDY-G sat down on the little chair

And started in with all his might

To pound the keys and make them write;

While TEDDY-B at every call

Fed in a letter, envelope and all.

[Illustration]

“This machine writes Greek,” said TEDDY-B,

As he picked up the letters the type to see;

“At least the language is new to me:

Chicago is spelled without a C,

And Boston has neither S nor T;

And Priscilla Alden would make you sick,

She’s like a problem in arithmetic;

And that Kansas teacher is doing some tricks

With question marks and the figure 6;

And that farmer man, no one will blame

If he shoots us both when he sees his name.

You wrote this lawyer about the old balloon

In dollar signs enough to buy the moon.”

But TEDDY-G went straight ahead

While the machine by TEDDY-B was fed

Until every letter that both Bears had

Was answered some way, good or bad.

’Twas three o’clock when they left to see

The mysteries of the Wax Musee.

[Illustration]

They found Buster Brown in the entrance hall

And a cat climbing up the building wall

With Tige below looking up at puss

And Buster’s mother trying to stop the fuss.

“Good afternoon,” said TEDDY-B,

“Is this Buster Brown and Tige I see?”

(Tige gave Buster a knowing wink

Which put him wise and made him think.)

[Illustration]

“The Roosevelt Bears! I’ve heard of you;

TEDDY-B and G! How do you do!

You’re the jolliest bears I ever saw.”

And Buster shook each by the paw

While Tige seemed glad that he was near

And put on a smile from ear to ear.

[Illustration]

“You come with us,” said Buster Brown,

“We know this place, upstairs and down;

There are people here in smiles and tears

Who haven’t changed for a hundred years.

We’ll make those laugh who look so sad

And the merry ones we’ll make them mad.”

[Illustration]

But Buster’s mother made him stay

Right where he was in wax and clay;

And Tige looked round for a place to hide

As the Roosevelt Bears passed on inside.

[Illustration]

They saw the eagle which stole the child

And carried it up in the mountains wild.

They stopped for a moment to see the King

And to ask Madame Patti if she would sing.

[Illustration]

They saw Emperor William in a soldier suit,

But to all their questions he was deaf and mute;

So TEDDY-G, to make him look gay,

Turned the tails of his moustache the other way.

At the Roman Forum, TEDDY-B spoke out

And asked Mark Antony what ’twas all about:

This Roman crowd and Cæsar slain

And why they were doing the thing again.

And thus they went from place to place

Looking at people of every race

And crimes committed and prisoners hung

And no complaint from any tongue.

[Illustration]

At the lions’ den TEDDY-G was wild;

A lion had killed a little child:

“I’ll go right in and smash his face.”

But a man who was there to guard the place

Spoke up and said, “That lion in there

Is not afraid of a Roosevelt Bear;

He’s made of wax, and that savage look

He wears all the time like a picture book.”

But TEDDY-G replied that he,

If he owned the place, would let folks see

That lions who did such things as they

Shouldn’t live at all in wax or clay.

Then on they went upstairs to guess

How Ajab played his game of chess.

Said TEDDY-G, “See if you can

Play checkers with this wooden man;

And while you play I’ll take off the lid

And find out where the man is hid.”

[Illustration:

“_TEDDY-G looked at him from head to heels, and his side door opened

to see the wheels._”

]

Three games were played and TEDDY-B

Won every one so fast that he

Made the wooden eyes flow free with tears,

The first time in a hundred years.

TEDDY-G looked at him from head to heels,

And his side door opened to see the wheels,

And the man’s mainspring and his wooden heart

He examined with care and took apart,

But he couldn’t find out high or low

How this man of wood made the checkers go.

TEDDY-B was polite and said “Good-bye;”

And the man got up and wiped his eye,

And held out his hand as well ’s he could,

(It had several pieces all made of wood)

And said, “Your playing was pretty good.”

[Illustration]

As the Bears passed out of the Wax Musee

A paper was handed to TEDDY-G

Which read like this in printing bold:

“Resolved, _That mothers should never scold,

For boys are wax and scoldings stick

And impressions can’t be rubbed out quick._

Resolved, _That the world was made for play,

And that boys and bears should have their way,

When fun is needed the blues to down._”

Signed by Tige and Buster Brown.

[Illustration]

[Illustration:

“_The four took hands to skip and sing and to dance around in a jolly

ring._”

]

The four took hands to skip and sing,

And dance around in a jolly ring.

Folks crowded near inside and out

To see what the fun was all about.

A thousand shoppers on the street

Paused as they passed the Bears to meet.

[Illustration]

A speech was asked from TEDDY-B

As he stepped to the door the crowd to see:

“The U. S. boys and girls are ours;

They’re made of sunshine, love and flowers,

We’re bound with them to scatter blues

And we’re here to-day to spread the news.”

When TEDDY-B these things had said

He Buster’s Resolution read,

While Tige and Buster inside the door,

Became wax again as they were before.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

visit

WEST POINT

[Illustration]

The day was fine and the Bears were free

To take a River boat to see

The Palisades and Tarrytown

And to view the Hudson up and down.

[Illustration]

A request had come from a young cadet

Of West Point school, whom the Bears had met,

To dine at the West Point Army Mess,

And to see the boys in their army dress,

And to sleep on an army barracks cot,

And to try their luck at a target shot,

And to ride bare-backed in the hurdle shute,

Or to join a band with drum and flute,

Or to hear good stories of army fights

After taps are sounded to put out the lights.

So they sent a wire to the cadet to say

That they would call that very day.

[Illustration:

“_To ride bare-backed in the hurdle shute, or join a band with drum

and flute._”

]

They made the trip with but one mishap:

The wind blew off a newsboy’s cap

As he walked around on the steamer deck

Calling out the news of a railway wreck

And selling his papers and chewing gum

To the crowd of tourists “going some.”

[Illustration]

TEDDY-G made a jump as he saw it go

And he and the cap went down below.

Like a diver he struck the water right

And quick as a wink was out of sight.

“Man’s overboard,” was called aloud;

And a cheer went up from the tourist crowd

As they saw in the water in a little while

The face of a bear with a pleasant smile.

The boat was stopped and a rope thrown out,

And in answer to the captain’s shout

TEDDY-G called back, “The water’s fine;

I’ve got the bait; pull in your line.”

[Illustration:

“Dressed and ready for hours of fun,

With cavalry horse or battery gun.”

]

[Illustration:

“_Like a diver he struck the water right and quick as a wink was out

of sight._”

]

[Illustration]

It didn’t take them long to get

TEDDY-G on board, all dripping wet;

The children laughed, he looked so queer,

With the newsboy’s cap hung on his ear.

He bowed to tourists left and right

And said something about his appetite.

He asked the steward to bring on some meals

As the steamer band played “Silver Heels.”

[Illustration:

“_The children laughed, he looked so queer, with the newsboy’s cap

hung on his ear._”

]

[Illustration]

At West Point landing the Bears were met

By a double carriage with the young cadet

And a cavalry mount to escort them round

To see the buildings on the ground.

They drove about for an hour or less,

Then went to their barrack rooms to dress

In soldier suits for the evening mess.

TEDDY-B said he’d be Colonel’s aide

And inspect the boys on dress parade,

While TEDDY-G said he’d march or stand

As leader of the soldier band.

The parade dismissed and the supper through,

The Bears had nothing else to do

But to roll themselves in barrack wraps

And to put out the lights at the sound of taps.

[Illustration]

At reveille at six next day

They were wide awake and bright and gay

And dressed and ready for hours of fun

With cavalry horse or battery gun.

The boys had fun when TEDDY-B

Rode a cavalry horse down a shute to see

How to jump the walls and the hurdles take

Without a tumble or balk or break.

The horse was tricky, but the Bear was game

And he made him clear each thing that came,

Whether wall or water or brush or bar.

TEDDY-B would have tried a railway car

Or a barn or a tree or a load of hay

Or any old thing that came in his way.

The finest riding, the officers say,

That was done at West Point for many a day.

[Illustration]

TEDDY-G took his turn at soldier fun

When he loaded and fired a battery gun.

He charged in powder and cannon ball;

“So simple,” he said, “it’s nothing at all.”

He asked a cadet his hat to keep

Till he stepped to the muzzle to take a peep

To see if the ball was in all right,

And if things in front were out of sight.

What happened next no one can tell,

TEDDY-G was lifted in air a spell

[Illustration]

And whirled around so quick in space

He didn’t remember just what took place.

“I caught that ball, all right,” said he,

When the officer questioned TEDDY-G;

“But I don’t like catching balls like that;

My place I think is at the bat.

Next time you pitch don’t throw so quick;

You struck me like a load of brick.”

Said the officer, “For bravery shown

We’ll give you a title all your own;

You can drop your Harvard L and D

And be known as Colonel TEDDY-G.”

The boys got out the fife and drum

And made things all around them hum

As they marched ahead of the Roosevelt Bears

In army step down the flight of stairs

To take the ferry at half-past four

Across the river to the other shore,

Where a train was waiting to take them down

The eastern bank and back to town.

“Let us go to-morrow,” said TEDDY-G,

“And a first-class game of baseball see;

That ball they pitched at West Point school

Had hardly time enough to cool;

It struck my paws so fiery hot

I thought for a minute that I was shot.”

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

play

BASE BALL

[Illustration]

The Bears were invited by Muddy Pete

To go with him to an East Side street

To visit children who never see

Either grass or field or flower or tree.

They loaded up like old Saint Nick

With bundles piled on high and thick;

Bouquets of flowers for children sick

And toys and candy for those at play,

And a hundred other things, folks say,

Who saw them on the street that day.

They went around from door to door,

Where bears had never been before;

Climbed flights of stairs and bumped their heads

To cheer up lads who were sick in beds;

Threw bouquets into windows high,

And picked nice toys and let them fly,

And candy boxes and twigs of green,

Wherever boys and girls were seen.

[Illustration:

“They loaded up like old Saint Nick, with bundles piled on high and

thick.”

]

[Illustration:

“TEDDY-B threw the monkey and made him yell,

And caught him every time he fell.”

]

[Illustration]

But the jolliest sport of the day began

When they met an organ-grinder man

With a monkey trained to act the clown

And pick up pennies boys throw down.

TEDDY-G asked the man if he could go

With his monkey band for an hour or so;

TEDDY-B said he the troupe would join

And see that rich folks shelled out coin.

[Illustration]

He’d give the monkey double pay:

Five cents an hour for half a day.

And the organ man may go, said they,

And join some other kind of play.

“Or if you’re tired,” the two Bears said,

“Go home for the day and go to bed;

We’ll use your organ and monkey clown

And pay you half a dollar down

And two dollars more when we are through

And return your band as good as new.

[Illustration]

With help from Cribs and Muddy Pete

We’ll find our way from street to street.”

This bargain made, the Bears set out

To give the children round about

And old folks too along the street

The funniest kind of music treat.

[Illustration]

TEDDY-G took the crank and just for fun

Made marches dance and two-steps run,

And polkas gallop and waltzes race

And street-songs step at a lively pace.

While TEDDY-B climbed up on top

Of the music-box stood on its prop

And threw the monkey and made him yell

And caught him every time he fell.

[Illustration]

A boy got a drum for Muddy Pete,

And Cribs danced round on two hind feet,

And all five laughed and cheered and sang

And made things go with slap and bang.

[Illustration]

The crowd of children filled the square;

Five hundred boys and girls were there;

And scores of men stopped work to see

The tricks of TEDDIES-B and G

Nickels enough and quarters too

And silver dollars, not a few,

Were collected that day by the players four

To give a fresh air week down by the shore

To boys and girls a score or more

Who had never seen the sea before.

The afternoon was good and hot

And the Bears sat down in a vacant lot

To count their cash and rest their feet

And eat some lunch with Muddy Pete.

They returned to the organ-grinder man

His music-box and collection can

And his monkey clown and some money too,

Just as he bargained they should do.

They gave the monkey an extra dime

For working two hours over time,

And a box of nuts as a special treat,

The kind that monkeys like to eat.

[Illustration]

Seven boys came over to where they sat

With bags of sand and ball and bat

And baseball gloves and masks of wire

And asked if they the Bears could hire.

[Illustration]

“We’re going to play,” a lad spoke up,

“The Bowery nine for a silver cup,

And we’re short two men; good players they;

But they couldn’t come to the game to-day.”

“And the Bowery nine,” another said,

“Are bigger boys by half-a-head,

And good at bat and quick to run;

They beat us last time two to one.”

[Illustration]

“They don’t play fair,” said another lad,

“They count all balls both good and bad;

They claimed a foul when I made a base

And when I objected they slapped my face.”

[Illustration]

“The Bowery nine,” said TEDDY-B,

“Is the kind of nine I’d like to see;

We’ll join the team and run the game

And win that silver cup just the same.”

“Give me some pointers,” said TEDDY-G,

“This game you play is new to me.”

The Bears were coached in every rule

And they both caught on like boys at school.

[Illustration]

The Bowery boys, in a little while,

Came on the lot in baseball style.

They read off rules to the other nine

And helped lay out the diamond line.

In size, they said, among themselves,

These Roosevelt Bears are number twelves;

But the Bowery captain bet his hat

That neither Bear could pitch or bat.

“This game,” he said, “is as good as won;

We’ll beat those fellows ten to one.”

[Illustration]

A Bowery boy went to the bat

While the other eight on some lumber sat

To watch the play and wait their turn

And see the Bears their fingers burn.

TEDDY-B as catcher in mask and pad

Met every ball both good and bad

With snap and skill so sure and quick,

He seemed to know the baseball trick;

[Illustration]

While TEDDY-G at the pitcher’s box

Put balls to bat like hammer knocks

[Illustration]

And with curves so neat and twists so new

The fielders hadn’t a thing to do;

For not a boy could make a hit

And one by one the plate they quit.

Said Muddy Pete, “Their cake is dough”

As he marked the score, a great big O.

“It’s our turn now,” said TEDDY-B,

“We’ll let those Bowery fellows see

That the team that wins this game to-day

Will make their score by honest play.”

And of all the batting that was ever done

In games that lost or in games that won,

In timing hits and in making base,

And in running home in the wildest race,

This play that day of the Roosevelt Bears

Beat baseball records everywheres.

They knocked that ball so hard and high

Above the clouds up in the sky,

That while it tarried out of sight

The Bears went round with all their might

[Illustration]

And scored so fast for that silver cup

That Muddy Pete could scarce keep up.

Nine innings each they didn’t get,

For the Roosevelt Bears would be batting yet

If the Bowery boys hadn’t stopped the score

At naught for them to sixty-four.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

arrive in

Philadelphia

The Bears went out to a country place

To see a machine take its trial race;

Invented by a New Jersey man

And made to fly on a novel plan.

[Illustration]

This trial trip was to prove that day

That machines that fly have come to stay.

When the hour arrived to cut the cord

There wasn’t a man who would go aboard.

The Bears said they would make the trip

And every racing record whip

If they only knew how to steer the ship.

“We’ve sailed before,” said TEDDY-B,

“We hit Chicago down a tree

From an old balloon that brought us there

From a Missouri town at a county fair.”

“I’m not afraid,” said TEDDY-G,

“I’d like to go to the moon to see

If the man up there charges entrance fees

And what he does with all the cheese.”

But as they talked the machine got wise

And with buzz and whiz it began to rise

And broke the ropes that held it tight

And went towards the clouds and out of sight

With TEDDY-B and TEDDY-G

Grabbing at anything they could see:

[Illustration]

The one on a bar beneath the sail

And the other on a rope to make a tail.

They started so quick and went so high

They hadn’t a chance to say good-bye.

[Illustration]

They had ridden before and lively too,

On cow-boy horses and in frail canoe;

In an old balloon and a ’mobile car,

But this ride that day beat those by far.

[Illustration:

“‘We’ve sailed before,’ said TEDDY-B,

‘We hit Chicago down a tree.’”

]

[Illustration]

They went over town and farm and creek

In one straight line like a lightning streak,

And it wasn’t forty minutes when

They came in sight of William Penn

Looking so wise and straight and tall

On the top of Philadelphia’s city hall.

TEDDY-B called out from where he sat,

“There’s a man ahead; I see his hat;

His hand is out; he means to try

To catch the rope as we go by.”

And TEDDY-G in cow-boy style

Let out the rope, nearly half a mile,

And as it coiled he pulled with might

And William Penn he lassoed tight.

A crowd of children down below

Looked up and saw the Bears let go

And come from the clouds like sailors bold,

With not a thing but the rope to hold,

[Illustration]

[Illustration:

“_They came from the clouds like sailors bold, with not a thing but

the rope to hold._”

]

[Illustration]

And land all right on the old man’s hat,

Where both sat down to have a chat

And look about and view the town

And ask each other how they’d get down.

[Illustration]

They looked over the brim to see Penn’s face

And ask him questions about the place:

What would happen if they should fall?

And how long it took to build the hall?

And what it cost and if he thought it nice

To pay so much for expert advice?

And one thing sure they’d like to know

Why this Quaker town was considered slow?

A crowd soon gathered round the square;

Police and engineers were there,

And business men and children too,

And each one wondering what to do;

For how to get the two Bears down

Was soon being asked by half the town.

[Illustration]

The Mayor came out with megaphone

And called aloud up the tower of stone

And promised Father Penn a dime

If he’d give the Bears a high old time.

[Illustration]

Not very far from where they sat

A door was opened in the Quaker hat

And a man put out his head to say

That the Roosevelt Bears could come that way,

But the door was small and it wouldn’t do

For neither Bear could be crowded through.

Said TEDDY-B, “Go to the street

And bring a rope six hundred feet

And William here will hold one end

While we to the square below descend.”

This plan was tried and in half an hour

The Bears had landed from the tower

And had shaken hands right then and there

With every child around the square.

From there they went, the papers say,

To a Broad Street bank to draw their pay,

Or to cash a check which TEDDY-G

Had got in New York as their circus fee.

[Illustration]

When they asked for money the man inside

Said, “You’ll have to be identified:

Perhaps your names are what you say,

But prove it you must some other way.”

“Is that check good?” said TEDDY-B,

“Well, if it is, I’ll let you see

That G is he and B is me.”

But before he had time to act the bear

The check was taken and the cash was there.

To a shop they went on Chestnut Street

And dressed up new from head to feet

And got the bill and paid the fee

And started out the town to see.

[Illustration]

Two little lads named Jack and Will

Had bought four tickets for vaudeville;

Four seats up front at a children’s show

That was given to help poor boys to go

To a training school where men are paid

To teach young lads a useful trade.

The boys had heard of the Roosevelt Bears

And they spent their money for the extra chairs

That very day on Chestnut Street

To give the Bears this special treat.

[Illustration]

The boys had followed the Bears a square,

Intending to ask if they would care

To use up their time that day to go

With two little lads to the children’s show.

Jack was bravest and walked close behind

To see if the Bears were really kind.

“You speak to TEDDY-B,” said he,

“And I’ll put the question to TEDDY-G.”

“All right!” said Will, and he stepped ahead

And this to TEDDY-B he said:

[Illustration]

“Mr. TEDDY-B, will you come with me

Right now a children’s show to see?

I have your ticket; it’s paid for too;

I bought it specially for you.”

“That was good of you; of course I’ll go,”

Said TEDDY-B, “to the children’s show;

We’re here to make the jolliest kind

Of fun for every child we find.”

“Me too,” said Jack; ’twas all he said;

His courage wasn’t in his head;

[Illustration:

“_But TEDDY-G to answer Jack lifted him high up on his back._”

]

[Illustration]

But TEDDY-G to answer Jack

Lifted him high up on his back

And danced a jig right then and there

To show the crowd that a Roosevelt Bear

For serious people didn’t care;

They lived for fun and their fun they’d share

Free of expense and everywhere.

[Illustration]

But the things that happened to Jack and Will

That afternoon at vaudeville

Were not on the program of the children’s show;

For the Roosevelt Bears, folks say who know,

Made the biggest hit of their lives that day

And put up an afternoon of play

The like of which was never seen

By old or young, by king or queen.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

entertain

PHILADELPHIA CHILDREN

[Illustration]

The theatre chairs were filled with fun,

For a boy or girl was in every one

Except the four which Jack and Will

And the Roosevelt Bears had come to fill.

The band was playing the latest air

And laughing children everywhere

As the Bears walked down the central aisle

In their summer suits cut Philadelphia style.

They looked so jolly and smiled so sweet

That the children clapped and stamped their feet

And waved their hands and stood on chairs

And cried “Hurrah for the Roosevelt Bears!”

But the Bears were large and the seats were small

And they found they couldn’t sit down at all;

So they stood in the aisle to view the crowd,

And thus spoke TEDDY-B out loud:

[Illustration]

“Young ladies and gentlemen; children dear;

And chairman too, if there is one here,

TEDDY-G and I have come to stay,

To hear you laugh and to see the play,

And since we can’t very well sit down

We’ll go on the stage and help the clown,

And stand and sit on wall or floor

And do some tricks we have done before,

And some quite old and some quite new,

And keep it up till the show is through.”

[Illustration]

The children called for TEDDY-G,

But he shook his head and said that he

Could sing a song or dance a jig,

Or sit on chairs either small or big,

Or talk to girls or with them dine,

But to make a speech wasn’t quite his line.

The speeches through, a theatre page

Took the two Bears back upon the stage.

As the curtain rolled up to the top

A man at the back asked the Bears to stop:

“Two clowns are on the stage,” said he,

“They have started their piece and I’ll let you see

That you can’t interrupt or make a noise

Or you’ll spoil this show for these girls and boys.”

“Your advice is right,” said TEDDY-B,

And out they went the clowns to see.

The clowns were scared when they saw the Bears

Step up behind them unawares,

And they ran for doors at left and right

And as quick as wink were out of sight.

[Illustration:

“As Dublin Mike and Pat from Cork,

They came on the stage to look for work.”

]

[Illustration]

But they were ordered back to earn their fee

And to take a turn with TEDDIES-B and G.

And from that hour the play went smart

For the two bears helped in every part.

They made those two clowns march and sing,

Jump over chairs and through a ring,

And climb up poles and ride a wheel

And do a clog-dance, toe and heel.

And when they finished amid loud applause

The Bears ran off on all four paws

With the clowns on backs with jolly noise

Throwing kisses back to girls and boys.

The orchestra played “A Boy called Taps”

And then appeared a troupe of Japs:

A dozen little men in tights,

The heroes of a hundred fights.

For a little while the Bears stood by

And watched the Japs their muscles try,

And saw them balance balls and bricks

On parasols and billiard sticks,

And climb up ladders out of sight

And fall again and land all right.

Then TEDDY-B said he’d like to do

A Western schoolboy trick he knew.

He made the Japs stand in a row

And take hold of hands and not let go.

Then he caught one end and with whirling clip

He showed them how to crack the whip.

The Japs went whizzing in the air

And whirled in circles everywhere;

But they did the trick so smart and neat

That every Jap lit on his feet.

A man with hoops was next to play

And he asked if TEDDY-G would stay

And help him show the boys and girls

How wooden hoops were taught their twirls.

But this trick with hoops put TEDDY-G

In so many circles he couldn’t see.

[Illustration]

They came flying at him through the air

And rolling in from everywhere;

And try his best he couldn’t throw

A single hoop and make it go.

[Illustration]

He was hooped around from head to paw,

The funniest sight you ever saw;

But he enjoyed the fun and said that he

Wore rings enough that day for three.

[Illustration]

But the jolliest thing that day was when

The two Bears dressed as Irishmen:

A Dublin Mike and a Pat from Cork

Came on the stage to look for work;

TEDDY-G as Mike with workman’s hod

And TEDDY-B as Pat from Blarney sod;

With blackthorn sticks their foes to hit,

And filled to the brim with Irish wit.

Their Irish brogue in joke and song

Made the children laugh both loud and long.

[Illustration]

The last part of the show that day

Was sleight of hand, the programs say,

But why it failed to work out well

The man who tried it couldn’t tell.

A trunk was brought, a solid mass,

With iron locks and bound in brass.

The Bears were asked to get inside;

The trunk was locked and with rope was tied

And the man announced that at his command

He’d slide a curtain and there would stand

The Roosevelt Bears outside and free

With the trunk unlocked by any key.

[Illustration]

But it didn’t work; the Bears weren’t there,

And it gave the man a little scare

To find he couldn’t do the trick,

And the trunk was unlocked pretty quick

For fear they’d smother for want of air,

But the Bears had gone no one knows where.

The trunk was empty; not as they feared;

The Roosevelt Bears had disappeared.

The Bears had gone, but no one knew

Just where to look or what to do.

Detectives hunted high and low

And questioned folks who ought to know,

And listened for the slightest sound

And hunted rooms beneath the ground,

And through the halls walked round and round,

But not a trace of the Bears they found.

[Illustration]

At supper-time at home that night

The boys and girls told of their flight;

And the jokes they cracked and tricks they played

And the jolliest kind of fun they made.

And how they saw them locked and tied

So tight and fast that children cried.

Some little girls and wee boys too

Wouldn’t go to bed until they knew

How TEDDY-B and TEDDY-G

Got out of the trunk without a key;

But their papas told them not to mind,

That some one the Bears that night would find

And the papers sure the following day

Would explain in full how they got away.

[Illustration]

The

Roosevelt Bears

spend a day at

ATLANTIC CITY

[Illustration]

How the Bears got out of the box that day

Was never known, the children say;

But that afternoon, about half-past four,

They engaged fine rooms on the seventh floor,

About half-way up and half-way down,

Of the best hotel there was in town;

And there they stayed, enjoying a rest

And eating things the very best,

And seeing reporters and playing pool

And learning things not taught in school.

[Illustration:

“_There they stayed enjoying a rest, and eating things the very

best._”

]

Said TEDDY-B one morning bright,

After spending a hot and sleepless night:

“The weather’s warm and sticky too

For fellows dressed like me and you;

I move we take a little run

Down to the shore for some ocean fun.

I’ve heard it said that the bathing there,

With sandy bottoms everywhere,

Is quite a fad with men of wealth,

Who go there simply for their health.”

“My health is good,” said TEDDY-G;

“And I’ve wealth enough for you and me;

But if bathing’s fun, that’s what I need;

My health consists of fun and feed.”

So off they went that very day

To try Atlantic City spray

[Illustration:

“Across the sand in running dash,

They struck the breakers with a splash.”

]

They took a ferry to Camden town

And got a train which shot them down

Across New Jersey and to the sea

So quick they scarce had time to see

[Illustration]

The porter boy who brushed their clothes

And told them that hotels in rows

Lined every street and the ocean front

So thick they wouldn’t have to hunt.

And bathing houses, a score or more,

He said they’d find them near the shore.

They walked the boardwalk to and fro

And took a peep at every show;

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