The patience of most of us was exhausted in about two years; but our leader, Mrs.Miller, bravely adhered to the costume for nearly seven years, under the most trying circumstances.

While her father was in Congress, she wore it at many fashionable dinners and receptions in Washington.

She was bravely sustained, however, by her husband, Colonel Miller, who never flinched in escorting his wife and her coadjutors, however inartistic their costumes might be.

To tall, gaunt women with large feet and to those who were short and stout, it was equally trying.

Mrs.Miller was also encouraged by the intense feeling of her father on the question of woman's dress.