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WHAT MAKES A WOMAN'S CLUB, by                    
First Line: It takes a heap o' plannin' to make a woman's club
Last Line: With plannin', strivin', lovin', you'll come a-smilin' through.
Subject(s): Clubs (associations)


It takes a heap o' plannin' to make a woman's club,
A heap o' thought and notions, and sometimes there's a rub
The wrong way, so that somehow things don't seem to go just right;
But rubbin' is the polisher of the mind to keep it bright.
It don't make any difference how good a club has been,
There's always some improvin' if you'll only buckle in
And do your best to fill the part that's been assigned to you;
Now when you're through with plannin', -- well -- the job is just half through.

It takes a heap o' strivin' at the plans that you've outlined,
To make 'em workable and please the folk, but you will find
That for all your earnest strivin' and your days of toil and strain,
You've become a bigger woman and the work was not in vain.
And when at length the year has gone and you reflect a bit,
You're glad that you have made the test and measured up to it.

It takes a heap o' lovin' and some forgivin' too;
You've got to give and take a lot the way yer used to do
When you were playin' at the games of yesteryear, I ken
The rules don't change in club life, any more than they did then.
You've got to bury everything of strife, and if you do --
With plannin', strivin', lovin', you'll come a-smilin' through.





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