So after dinner, the orchestra started to play, and the guests burst into song, and all of a sudden, Taft was surprised with the presentation of a gift from a group of local supporters, and this was a stuffed opossum toy, all beady-eyed and bald-eared, and it was a new product they were putting forward to be the William Taft presidency's answer to Teddy Roosevelt's teddy bear.
Poslije večere, počeo je svirati orkestar a gosti su zapjevali, i iznenada, Tafta je iznenadilo prezentiranje poklona grupe lokalnih pristaša, što je zapravo bio plišana igračka oposum, s kuglicama umjesto očiju i golih ušiju. To je bio novi proizvod za kojeg su se nadali da će biti Taftov predsjednički odgovor Rooseveltovu plišanom medi.