the confidences of their employers. If they find that in so doing they
are made instruments in perpetrating frauds on other business men,
or the community in general, they have no right to expose these.
Their only proper course is to resign their positions, holding sacred,
however, the knowledge gained while acting as employees. It is only when
formally relieved of this obligation by legal compulsion to testify in
court that they may reveal this knowledge.

While it is the custom of an employer to demand references of the
employee, and not give them for himself, the only safe course for a
woman seeking employment is to look into the character of the man for
whom she is to work, and the nature of his business. This she may do
indirectly in the case of character, and directly in the case of nature
of business. If the employer refuses to impart this, saying, "Your work
will be to do whatever I ask you," it is a blind, and therefore
dangerous contract into which you are entering, and you should withdraw
from it in time.

When an employee has proved her efficiency, and has seen that it is
producing an amount of returns to the business of which she is not
receiving her proportionate share, it is her right and duty to ask for
an increase in wages. If she fails to receive this, she should
investigate the conditions in the labor market of her class, and guide
her action accordingly. If she finds that there is a demand for workers
of her ability at the higher wage, she should again proffer her request
to her employer, with a statement of this fact. If he still refuses the
increase, she should resign her position, upon proper notice, and seek
employment elsewhere.

When the unmarried woman employs herself in free service for the public