Could this refer to the character "Teddy" in the play and movie Arsenic and Old Lace? In the 1944 film version, he is the loony brother of Cary Grant's "aunts" and is constantly trumpeting on his bugle and yelling "Charge!" as he runs up the stairs (a la Teddy Roosevelt). Liz Engman Elk Grove Village (IL) Public Library lengman at egvpl.org