Word: savoir
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...would like to know the street and number of the most famous cafes, the correct hour to appear at the Lido, the sophisticated approach to the inside of Blarritz, San Sebastian, St. Moritz, Marienbad, or Monte Carlo--in short, if you would acquire a large slice of that savoir faire which marks the experienced traveler, try PLEASURE IF POSSIBLE, by Karl K. Kitchen (Rae D. Henkle Co., New York. 1928, $2.50.) With an introduction by Will Rogers, it provides for every necessity, and supplies a passport for the gay life abroad...
...football game, the New London classic event, win, lose, forget all about it. I should expect to find neatly pressed clothing, red neckties, large wardrobes, pocket books and imaginations prevalent among the undergraduate body. I should realize, having quit the laissez-faire atmosphere of Yale for the savoir-faire atmosphere of Harvard, my intellectual inferiority to those who majestically point out buildings, tell us how to get to Soldiers Field, and invite us in for a couple before the game...
...first place Boston is built on different lines and in the second place such a claim to fame would necessitate a personal knowledge of every bud on the glass flowers in Cambridge and an ability to cross Washington street without fear or trembling. The confident Freshman whose savoir-faire considerably outweighs his rational aculties may believe that a journey down the long white trek to Andrews Square or a nook in the attic of the Boston Opera House should entitle him to the keys of the city and a bed in the State House. The established order of things...
...technical perfection desired in a jazz band, then at least two and perhaps four more are required to cultivate the delicate social graces which should accompany the deft xylophonist. No xylophonist can hope to get away merely on the strength of his ability at his instrument: he must possess savoir-faire elan and also some gift for intelligent repartee...
...there was prevalent a feeling that at last Boston had been recognized and that it no longer need bow its head in shame at the mention of hostelries. Now its pomp has increased, for it may flaunt a Ritz-Carlton in the fact of those who doubt its metropolitan savoir-faire...