Above is a teaching aid poster from 1930, designed to pin up on classroom walls to teach children proper etiquette/manners. The caption with the picture of the begging bears, reads "More Please." Imagine, the behavior of a bear "begging," which offended mankind in the 90's, was once considered so normal and natural that it was used to teach manners to school children.
The illustration might have been inspired by the polar bear exhibit at Brookfield. The Zoo had a stand that sold marshmallows convienently located across from the bears. On a summer Sunday the bear display was loaded with the little white puffs.
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