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I BROOKLYN EAGLE, SUN NOV. 16, 1952 9 CHILDHOOD'S PERENNIAL FAVORITE THE CUDDLY TEDDY BEAR IS FIFTY YEARS OLD TODAY The Teddy Hear was an iin The Teddy Bear, peren mediate hit, and launched the nial favorite of children 77 Michtoms in the toy bus-lnes down through the years, is 6 years old today. How Tne Hit on a big scale. Although the cuddly toy was cribbed almost immediately by others In the field, the Michtoms sold so the cuddly plaything came into being forms an inter esting episode in American with a growling sound box, with squeakers in the tail, with a winding mechanism permitting the bear to turn somersaults, with magnetic paws so that he could catch a metal baseball, with rockers or wheels, with jointed legs for acrobatic stances, with clothes, and with music boxes that invariably played, "Mary Had a Little Lamb." But no matter how Ingeniously they have altered Teddy, manufacturers have always found that children loved the unadorned, non-gadget, cuddly Teddy Bear the best of all. many Teddy Bears that they soon lost count.

Family Still Has Letter The original letter and first Teddy Bear are still In the pos history. On Nov. 16, 1902, the from page of the Washington Fost session of the Michtom family. carried a cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman, noted illustrator.

Captioned "Drawing Ll is the Line in Mississippi," it showed President Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip, refusing to shoot a bear cub that had been dragged into camp at the end of a rope. Made First 'Teddy' FlrTY YEARS OF TEDDY BEARS Five-year-old Zia Shields is shown with original Teddy Bear (left), introduced 50 years ago by Morris Michtom of Brooklyn, founder of the Ideal Toy Corporation, and the new golden anniversary version of Teddy, a blue-eyed, gold-and-brown plush dressed little fellow with soft, moulded plastic face. Our Par-Flung Wool ZiLeline Tuxedo Success Story at Nothing succeeds like success! And tliis versatile coat of all-wool Zibeline proves our point. It's tne fastest selling coat in our stock. it must be good, for competition is mighty keen in our fabulous collection.

High, wide and handsome with a high degree of town and country smartness, it goes 'round the clock with the easy air of a favorite companion. Willi your plaudits still ringing in our ears, our "winner" takes another proud how! In grey only. Sizes from 8 to 16. Maryjin Coals, on our Third Floor. CD Drill to 'Oust' 30 Boro Families Some 30 families will he The cartoon struck a spark in the mind of Morris Michtom, who operated a small confec Benjamin Franklin Michtom.

who took over the direction of the Ideal Toy Corporation when his father passed on in July of 1938, estimates that more than 10,000,000 of the stuffed toy bears have reached the arms of youngsters the world over. The first Teddy Bear was about two and a half feet tall, weighed three pounds and was covered with honey plush. He was leaner, had a humped neck and sharper features than today's version, which now has a soft plastic nose and an open mouth smile. There are very few of these originals left in the I'nlted States and those still in good condition are worth more than $100. Today, Ideal Toy Corporation claims to be the nation's largest manufacturer of Teddy Bears.

In addition to Ideal, there are approximately 35 other toy tionery and toy store in the "evacuated" from their homes Bedford section here. Going about :30 p.m., Tuesday, as more than 200 Civil volunteers will Korins into ac tion at the onset of a two-hour air raid drill on Court be-1 tween Carroll and President Streets. Auxiliary police, air raid, wardens and "personnel from; various city departments will participate in the drill, which will be simervised bv the of-: into the back room, he cut out several tiny bearskins of fluffy brown plush, and had Mamma Michtom stuff them with excelsior. Then, In a flush of Inspiration born of his personal admiration for the dashing President, Michtom sent one of the toy bears to Roosevelt, along with a letter asking permission to call it the "Teddy Bear." Back came a reply on White House stationery saying: "I don't think my name is likely to be worth much in the bear business, but you're welcome to use It." Xever was anyone more modest about the value of his name. manufacturers making similar Ulcers of the Union St.

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