Just as it was necessary at Treves and Bordeaux and elsewhere--because of the very volume of the problem--to separate his entertainment from that of his officers, so it became necessary to effect a similar solution in Paris; for the officer is quite as much a ward of our Red Cross as the doughboy, himself. And so early in the solution of this entire great problem a superb home in the very heart of Paris--the town residence of the Prince of Monaco at No. 4 Avenue Gabriel and just a step from the Place de la Concorde--was secured and set aside as an American Red Cross Officers' Club. Lovely as this was, and seemingly more than generous in its accommodations, these were soon overwhelmed by the demands placed upon them, and steps were taken toward finding a real officers' hotel for the men of the A. E. F. when they should come to Paris. These led to the leasing of the Hotel Louvre, at the head of the Avenue de l'Opéra and almost adjoining the Comédie Française, the American University Union, and the Louvre. After being rapidly redecorated and otherwise transformed to meet the necessities of the A. E. F. it was reopened on the sixth of January, 1919, as the American Officers' Hotel in charge of Mr. L. M. Boomer, the directing genius of several large New York hotels. Mr. Boomer brought to the Red Cross a great practical hotel experience, and the house under his management quickly attained an overwhelming success. It had, in the first instance, been charmingly adapted to its new uses. Its rather stiff and old-fashioned interior had been completely transformed; there was all through the building an indefinable but entirely unmistakable home atmosphere. Our American officers fairly reveled in it. Into this setting was placed good operation--a high-grade American-operated hotel, if you please, in the very heart of Paris and all her stout traditions. _Petit déjeuners_ begone! They are indeed starvation diet for a hungry Yank. The breakfast in the American Officers' Hotel, which our Red Cross set up and operated, cost a uniform five francs (one dollar) and had the substantial quality of a regular up-and-doing tavern on this side of the Atlantic. Before we rest, here are three typical bills of fare of a single ordinary day in this A. R. C.-A. E. F. establishment. The day was the nineteenth of April, 1919, and the three meals were as follows: BREAKFAST Five Francs--($1.00). Bananas Quaker Oats Eggs and Bacon Griddle Cakes with Sirup Confiture Coffee, Cocoa, or Chocolate LUNCHEON Eight Francs--($1.60). Oyster Soup, with Okra Scollops of Veal, Dewey Nouilles, Milanaise Cold Meats, with Jelly Russian Salad Assorted Eclairs Raspberry Ice Cream Coffee DINNER Ten Francs--($2.00). Crème St. Cloud Rouget Portugaise Roasted Filet of Beef, Cresson Pommes Château Endive Flamandes Salade de Saison Candied Fruits Coffee Ice Cream Coffee