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 out who the man is and what right or object he has to interrupt her employer will never be paid several thousand dollars a year to stand between the public and that employer if some day he becomes great enough to need a confidential secretary to shield him.

If you come in direct contact with patrons of the firm, learn their names and never forget them. A regular patron considers a girl clever who always remembers his name and receives him courteously.

Dress to suit your position. If you work in a dirty office, such as a printing concern, wholesale grocery or a hardware shop, wear skirts that clear the ground by at least three inches; but if you are employed in the private office which has been well furnished and nicely carpeted, wear longer skirts, not trains, but cut to escape the ground. Your employer will want you, like furniture and pictures, to dress in harmony with the furnishings of his office. Avoid garish colors. Be dignified in your dress as well as your manner. Do not consider that money spent on office clothes is wasted. It will bring you better returns than money spent on party frocks or feather-trimmed hats.

Be immaculately neat about your person, especially your hair and your hands. Radiate health and faith in yourself. Do not talk of your domestic troubles nor your ailments. The