Since 1902 teddy bears bring smiles to their owners, this is the year that a the Washington Post front page cartoon Assembly of cartoonist Clifford Barryman sent drawings. Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy) illustrated the cartoons are refusing, bear cub shoot a young. The cartoon titled "Drawing the Line in Mississippi" immediate attention. Sometimes the smallest gestures speak volumes. Roosevelt was hunting in Mississippi, when the Group was he with a black bear lassoed and it to a tree bound. The President was waved and as he was stubbornly Roosevelt the bear refused bound and fear to shoot. He held it for unsportsmanlike to shoot the helpless animal. The cartoon was frequently reprinted, and caught the attention of men and women shop owner, Morris and rose Michtom, owner of a small store for toys and novelty in Brooklyn, New York. The cartoon inspired the pair create a stuffed bear with black shoe button eyes. Michtom asked permission from Roosevelt, to use his name for the bears...
Difference is something beautiful, not something used as an excuse to hurt each other, when we are able to understand the meaning of differences, then we can live with more happiness, and respect each other...