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.