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._”
“_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.
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.
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.
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.
“_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.”
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.