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  • n  a Parisian salesgirl

  • In Ischl the Sissy of the play disguised herself as a midinette, became betrothed to the Emperor in the room where 61 years later he signed the declaration of war against Serbia.
  • Ferdinand Foch, like his soldier colleagues Marshal Joffre and General Castelnau, is from the Midi (South-not to be confused with the feminine midinette).
  • Soon they meet a pretty midinette (Odile Versois)just right for junior, father thinks.

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