Don’t leave without stopping at the cases of Tiffany & Co., with their $1,000,000 in gems, jewelry, solid gold and solid silver table service, swords of honor made for military heroes – including Admiral Dewey - , the Tiffany “Canary” diamond, a $150,000 pearl necklace with pearls as large as robin’s eggs, a $1,000 umbrella, and $70,000 worth of small, jeweled pieces. Everything is for sale.

This handsome but weary-looking man is Elihu Root. At present he remains Secretary of War in the McKinley administration. But next year Theodore Roosevelt will ask him to be Secretary of State. He will leave lasting contributions in both roles. He has recently visited the Tiffany exhibit at the Exposition and...