IT'S LATE, I'M TIRED, AND WONDERING WHAT THE HELL A ZOAUVE IS

Thanks to the Internet, no need to wonder. Turns out there was a time after Napoleon when the French were considered the premier warriors of the world, prompting a Zouave craze in America. Zoauves were still in the American consciousness in 1921, apparently, since Buster Keaton incorporated a (very funny) Zoauve bit in The Playhouse.