Word: frenchwoman
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...critics were seen busy analysing the play of Helen Wills and comparing her to the Frenchwoman, Suzanne Lenglen. The general opinion was that Helen was not as fast as Suzanne but that she was a harder hitter. The American girl was also thought foolish to play in such an important tournament before familiarizing herself with the slower British balls and other strange conditions by playing in several minor tournaments...
Senator Louis Martin, eager to raise yearly 30,000 more conscripts for the Army, proposed to pass a law prohibiting children, born of a Frenchwoman and a foreign father, claiming the father's nationality at the age of 21. The Senator also proposed to permit Frenchwomen married to foreigners the right to recover their French nationality...
...well behaved with a Frenchwoman as you would with one of your own countrywomen. Flirtation is not encouragement to rudeness...
...well-known U. S. A. is "dry" (or supposed to be) it is a bit aggravating to have a fascinating French comtesse describe in minute detail her sensations when for the first time her lips approached that world-famous American drink--the cocktail. This tantalising incident occurs in "A Frenchwoman's Impressions of America" by Comtesse Madeleine de Bryas and her sister Mlle. Jacqueline de Bryas, published by The Century Co. In order that a rising generation of young Americans may not grow up in darkest ignorance (and for that reason only), we reprint the Comtesse's stimulating account...
...order to excel in the French language it is necessary to have a thorough knowledge of its "finesses." These "finesses" are so subtle that a well bred and educated man can speak on any subject before a well bred and educated Frenchwoman without offending her. He illustrated this by telling a story about a Danish officer who translated into Danish some of the short stories of Maupassant and was later prosecuted because in the Danish language the humor of Maupassant had turned into indecency...