Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 March 1913 — Mrs. Edward Stotesbury’s Footmen Carry Arms [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Mrs. Edward Stotesbury’s Footmen Carry Arms

Philadelphia pa.— Guarding the priceless jewels of Mrs. Edward Stotesbury, wife of the head of Drexel A Co., are special policemen in the livery of footmen. Each is armed with a revolver and a badge, setting forth that he is empowered to make arrests. The fact was disclosed the other afternoon while Mrs. Stotesbury was hostess at a reception given at the Stotesbury mansion. The footmen policemen are always on guard. It was felt that guards were necessary because of Mrs. Stotesbury’s practice of riding through the streets in the shopping district Then, too, she is frequently away from home, attending various social functions. Wherever she goes the armed footmen are with her. In addition 1 to the jewels Mrs. Stotesbury possessed before she became the bride of the partner of J. Pierpont Morgan, she now has valuables that make the proverbial ’’king’s transom” look insignificant. The first glimpse this city had of the

splendor of her jewels was when Mrs. Stotesbury appeared at the opera about a year ago. .At that performance she i wore a beautiful diamond tiara, made of rings of diamonds set on edge <and extending half way around the front of her coiffure. She also wore diamond drop earrings and a diamond necklafce, ending in a beautiful sapphire, the wedding gift of J. Pierpont Morgan. The crowning feature of her adornment was the "ground” necklace estimated to be worth one-half million, which Mr. Stotesbury gave her as a wedding gift.