He was holding a fair-haired young midinette on his lap.

La Midinette - Lisette and Chorus (New York production only)

Later, he takes a midinette for his mistress, but the ambitious young woman forsakes him for an author she hopes will write a play for her.

His temperate representations - of a midinette's mantelpiece, a small-time landlady's plump duvet, a financier's sofa - do not wear an agitprop air, after all.

Ms. Lindqvist was compelling as a midinette in "Skating Rink" and the housemaid-turned-princess in Par Isberg's enchanting "Nutcracker" with a Swedish folk touch.