That Women’s Bank

A women’s bank for women,

     Chicago’s latest fad;

If matters run real smoothly

     We’ll all be very glad.

They’ll have a woman teller

     And she will tell it, too;

The president a woman,

     A really woman crew.

A woman for the cashier,

     A woman for the clerk;

The janitor a woman,

     A maiden-of-all-work.

Directors, wholly women,

     O, what a time there’ll be

At the directors’ meetings

     If they don’t all agree!

Depositors all women,

     We pray some female crank

Won’t start, some evil morning,

     A run upon the bank.

And, just a hint in closing:

     O, burglar keep your hook

Out of the safe, and leave it

     To some fair lady crook!

Oct. 31, 1910