Part 5
The Bears were glad when their work was done To start for the town of Washington, To see the President and shake his hand And then go home, as they had planned.
The Roosevelt Bears visit WASHINGTON and complete their Tour of the East
When the Bears arrived in Washington They set out at once to buy a gun. They bought three guns and pistols ten And suits and belts like fighting men. When dressed complete then off they went To the house where lives the President. When they reached the grounds and the entrance gate No one was near to make them wait. The news had spread round everywheres Of this visit planned by the Roosevelt Bears. A policeman dodged behind a tree When he got first sight of TEDDY-B. Detectives wise with eagle eye Didn’t stop to ask the reason why, But ducked their heads behind a wall And got under cover one and all. A doorkeeper in gold and black Said, “Wait a minute till I come back.”
And lawyers bold and statesmen brave Who make the President behave Moved out of sight as quick as wink; To offer help they didn’t think; But they were hunters just the same, Though hunting bears wasn’t quite their game.
The boys who answer the call of bells Lost all the breath they use for yells In crossing lawns in serious fright; They rein for home with all their might.
And secretaries, three or four, Got under desks down on the floor When they saw the Bears at the entrance door.
But one little lad who was playing round When he saw the Bears, he stood his ground And stepped up bravely to TEDDY-G And said, “Who is it you want to see?”
Said TEDDY-G in his kindliest way, “We have traveled East and have come to-day To see the hunter who doesn’t scare And who isn’t afraid of man or bear.”
The Bears by the lad were keenly eyed, And he said as he beckoned them both inside: “My Dad’s in here; but wipe your feet; I think you’re the kind he likes to meet.
They stepped inside, and the man they saw Looked them over from head to paw And with outstretched hand and smiling face He gave them welcome to the place.
Said TEDDY-G, when he caught his breath, I thought this call meant certain death. We armed ourselves with loaded gun When we struck this town of Washington, For here ’twas said we’d surely see The man who chased bears up a tree And with both eyes shut on darkest night Could hit a bear and win a fight.”
“To stand your ground,” said TEDDY-B, “Is the thing that we Bears like to see; If fighting’s trump or simply fun, We stand, eyes front, and never run; But those men of yours who guard your fort Should be taken West for a little sport And taught the things you learned out there When climbing mountains chasing bear.”
But he simply laughed at what they said And joked of stories he had read In newspapers of things they’d done On their journey East to Washington. They talked away for an hour or two Of hunting trips and friends they knew, And this country wide and its cities great From Boston Hub to the Golden Gate. The Bears were asked to come next day At an early hour to have a play On the White House grounds and in children’s tent And to breakfast with the President.
This visit o’er they started out To see the buildings all about: The Capitol with its rounded dome Where the U. S. Senate makes its home, And congressmen from every State Gather in halls to deliberate; The Treasury with its vaults of gold, As much as a dozen trains could hold,
And silver too, and crisp bank notes Enough to load a hundred boats; The Library with its pictured halls And books stored high within its walls;
The gardens with their trees and flowers, And a museum where they stayed for hours; And last of all, built straight and high, A shaft that stands against the sky, Set off with stones which good friends sent In memory of a president.
TEDDY-G said he would like to see That famous little cherry tree And get some cherries red and sweet To take back home to give a treat To the big raccoon and the mountain goat And the old cougar and the young coyote, To make them square and help them try To tell the truth and not to lie.
So off they went that day at three Out in the country the farm to see Where George’s father used to stop And where the boy learned how to chop. They found the place as the guide books said And the cherry stump, but no cherries red; The stump was there and the hatchet too And neither looking very new.
Said TEDDY-B when these things he saw And took the hatchet in his paw: “Of all the shrines of history Which you and I came East to see This spot right here I say is trump; This hatchet and this cherry stump.”
TEDDY-G said he would like to try Little George’s axe on a tree near-by, To prove to the world that he could do A trick like that and own up too. And chop he did an apple tree And left a note where all could see, “This tree was chopped by TEDDY-G.”
They breakfasted the following day With the President and had their play For an hour before, from early dawn, With boys and girls upon his lawn. They asked the President if he Would come out West their home to see; Said TEDDY-B, “We’ll treat you white And put you up both day and night With grizzly bears and panthers wild And give you sport not quite so mild As driving Congress with its load, Or riding horseback down the road.”
“This strenuous life,” said TEDDY-G, “Is too hard work by half for me; I’ll start back home this very day And for a month at home I’ll stay And rest my eyes and sleep and eat And get down again on all four feet.” Said TEDDY-B, “Our journey’s through; There’s nothing left to see or do. We were treated well everywhere we went; And we have seen the President. And now for home, that’s what I say; But I mean to journey back this way To take a boat for London town To see the king and his golden crown.” The reporters called that afternoon When they heard the Bears were going so soon And begged a column at least of news About their trip and plans and views. TEDDY-B wrote out in boldest hand These lines that all can understand:
“To the boys we say be always gay, And with jolly play fill every day. Be brave, be true, be square and white, And don’t forget to your friends to write. And to the girls: We’ve no advice; You’re everyone both sweet and nice. And to all the people whom we’ve met Please say we leave, with much regret, For our mountain cave and brook and tree.”
Signed [Illustration: Teddy B] and [Illustration: Teddy G]
As their train pulled out an army band Played airs well known o’er all the land; And boys and girls waved their good-byes. And tears filled many children’s eyes. TEDDY-B called back to the crowd that he Would come East again each one to see. And TEDDY-G said he’d do his best To treat them well if they came out West.
The Teddy Bears arrive home
As they crossed the country from East to West They stayed in their sleeping car to rest; And but once or twice looked out to see The towns passed through and country. Said TEDDY-G, “I’d like again To see that farm where we have been, And that country school and those boys at play, For that was our very jolliest day.” “What I wish most,” said TEDDY-B, “Is when we get off this train that we Shall have those horses to carry our load Back over the hills on the mountain road.”
The horses were there with saddle and rein And met the Bears at the railway train, And six mountain goats like baggage men Were there to help them to the glen. As back they traveled that mountain road, The goats heaped high with the baggage load, And the Teddy Bears on broncho backs, Piled front and back with loaded sacks, They looked like bandits with their spoil, Or highwaymen after a day of toil, Or perhaps more like true knights of old Returning home with captured gold. As they approached the place where they were born TEDDY-G blew loud on a trumpet horn A West Point bugle call he knew, And a thousand friends came into view, The Teddy Bears to greet with cheers By this animal camp of mountaineers;
For the news had scattered far and wide When the Bears would reach the mountain side, And the crowd had come from far and near To welcome back two friends so dear.
The old bobcat with the bandaged knee Was the first to shake with TEDDY-B, And a young cougar and a panther bold Helped TEDDY-G his load to hold, And two big-horn sheep and a mountain deer Stood up on stumps to lead each cheer, And hundreds more gave welcome hand To the most famous bears in all the land.
They had gifts for each bought in the East And they passed them round at the evening feast, And then told stories for nights and days About their trip and the city ways, And the fun they had and the tricks they played And the things they saw and where they stayed, And last and best, the time they spent In Washington with the President.
As the Bears turned in to their own home nest And curled up snug for the winter’s rest, Said TEDDY-G, as he fell asleep, “If I should pray for things to keep Of what I’ve seen either East or West, Its boys and girls I like the best.”
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME IS THE First Book of the Roosevelt Bears Series
ENTITLED
Teddy B and Teddy G
THE ROOSEVELT BEARS THEIR TRAVELS and ADVENTURES
Verse by SEYMOUR EATON
Illustrations by V. FLOYD CAMPBELL
CONTAINS 180 PAGES. 16 FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES AN ILLUSTRATION ON EVERY PAGE IN THE BOOK
This book records in complete detail the wonderful trip of the Roosevelt Bears from their cave in the Rocky Mountains to New York City. It tells how these Bears entertained their animal friends at home, of the exciting race to catch the Pullman train, the eventful night on the sleeping car and the exciting adventures on the Kansas farm. Of the day spent in rollicking fun at the district school, the adventures at the county fair and the overnight trip in the balloon which took them from Missouri to Chicago, where they landed in Lincoln Park and spent some days in entertaining the children of that city, and seeing all the points of interest, including the Athletic Club and a modern department store.
Then to Niagara Falls to view the wonders of nature at that place, and next to Boston, where they meet with a rousing reception and are entertained at the home of Miss Priscilla Alden and her brother Will. While in Boston they visit all the places of historical interest, such as Bunker Hill, Plymouth Rock, Concord and Lexington. They have an exciting scorch in an automobile, which causes their arrest and an uncomfortable night in the Boston Jail. They receive honorary degrees at Harvard University, and afterwards take a canoe trip down Boston Bay and are swept out to sea by a storm and land on an iceberg, where they meet a polar bear who has just come down from the northern seas on his floating ship of ice. They are rescued from this place by a passing steamer and carried to New York City, in which place they immediately advertise for a guide to assist them in seeing the town.
Volume 1 closes with an interesting account of how they entertained the children of New York City at the annual circus held in Madison Square Garden, and which completes the account of the first half of the tour of the United States by Teddy-B and Teddy-G, the Roosevelt Bears.
These books can be procured from all book dealers in the United States and Canada. =List Price, $1.50.=
EDWARD STERN & CO., INC., PUBLISHERS, PHILADELPHIA
ANOTHER PUBLICATION, UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME
WILL BE THE
Third Book of the Roosevelt Bears Series, Entitled
THE ROOSEVELT BEARS ABROAD
Verse by SEYMOUR EATON
Illustrations by R. K. CULVER
This will be published on September 1, 1908
PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH PEN DRAWINGS AND 16 FULL-PAGE COLOR PLATES
After having rested for the winter in their home in the mountains of Colorado, the Roosevelt Bears, now thoroughly used to the modern ways of civilization, once more become restless, and having a strong desire to see more of the world, start out upon their European tour. This book will record in picture and in verse their trip across the Atlantic, the tour through Ireland, Scotland and England, where they visit Stratford-on-Avon, the home of Dickens, Oxford University, the Tower of London, and meet King Edward, by whom they are entertained in royal fashion. Then over to Paris and to Holland and Germany, where they encounter Emperor William in the Black Forest From Germany they go to Russia, where they take the Czar out for a carriage ride, and through some mishap land in a dungeon cell. They next visit Switzerland and the Alps, then down to Rome, Venice and Athens.
Feeling that their foreign tour would not be complete without a visit to Egypt, they take a trip up the Nile and see the Pyramids and the Sphinx, after which they start back for America, and are greeted upon landing at the steamer pier in New York City by that famous gentleman known throughout the world as “Uncle Sam.” This will undoubtedly be one of the most interesting books of the Roosevelt Bears series.
These books can be procured from all book dealers in the United States and Canada. =List Price, $1.50=.
EDWARD STERN & CO., INC., PUBLISHERS, PHILADELPHIA
EDWARD STERN & CO. INCORPORATED
_Announce for the holiday season of 1908 the publication of a high-class juvenile book, entitled_
THE CASTLE OF GRUMPY GROUCH
BY MARY DICKERSON DONAHEY
A fascinating story for children of all ages, with enough of the fairy element to gratify the taste for the wonderful that is present in every child. There is a very nice moral in the story, and its presentation is made through the use of an idea which is entirely unique. The literary quality of the book is excellent. Profusely illustrated with color plates and pen drawings by
RUTH ELLIOTT NEWTON
Formal announcement of the date of publication of this story will be made to the trade in ample season by the publishers.
EDWARD STERN & CO., INC. PHILADELPHIA
This book can be procured from all book dealers in the United States and Canada
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 4. Enclosed bold font in =equals=.