Curves

Curves

There are all sorts of girls,
With all sorts of charms;
But give me a plump one
To hold in my arms;
One who is cuddly and eager to please,
A huggable baby to hold on my knees;
One whose proportions incline to soft curves,
Pleasantly pleasing and soothing to nerves.
Curves, curves, beautiful curves,
Shapely and supple,
Soothing to nerves,
Give me the girl with the hips and the bust!
Help yourself then to the bones if you must!
There are all sorts of girls,
Who diet and fast,
In the hope that the meat
On their bones will not last.
But I want an armful of substance to squeeze,
And a dame of real weight to hold on my knees,
One whose proportions incline to soft curves,
Pleasantly pleasing and soothing to nerves.
Curves, curves, wonderful curves,
Soft to the touch
And soothing to nerves,
Give me the girl with the hips and the bust!
Help yourself then to the bones if you must!

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People Mentioned

Shaun Hunter

Shaun Hunter is the author of Calgary through the Eyes of Writers (Rocky Mountain Books, 2018) and consultant for an exhibition of the same name, featuring Winnifred Eaton, at the Lougheed House in Calgary. She is a collaborator on The Winnifred Eaton Archive

Author of Headnote

Winnifred Eaton

  • Born: August 21, 1875
  • Died: April 08, 1954
See the Biographical Timeline for biographical information on Winnifred Eaton.

Pseudonym used in this text

Joey Takeda

Joey Takeda is the Technical Director of The Winnifred Eaton Archive and a Developer at Simon Fraser University’s Digital Humanities Innovation Lab (DHIL). He is a graduate of the M.A. program in English at the University of British Columbia where he specialized in Indigenous and diasporic literature, science and technology studies, and the digital humanities.

Organizations Mentioned

Winnifred Eaton Reeve Fonds

Collection of Winnifred Eaton’s papers and unpublished manuscripts, which were transferred to the University of Calgary in 1982. The finding aid for this material is located here: https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/winnifred-eaton-reeve-fonds
Written by Joey Takeda

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