Don Martin dairy entry for Thursday,
March 14, 1918:
Am getting good
food here but it costs a fortune. Breakfast in the Crillon costs about $2.50
and dinner slightly more – up to $4 [$44 and $70 in today's dollars]. Had dinner this evening with [Burn] Price at the
famous Beauf a la Mode place. It was fine. In London people “feed”; here they
feast. Walked around most of the day. Wrote an interview with Kerney. Went to
the office in the evening and got Muir to put a letter to Dorothy in French. I
sent it to her tonight and I’ll bet it will keep her guessing. Met Klacher of
the A.P. on the street; also Pipp of the Detroit News. Walked along the Champs
Elysees for an hour.
Spent the evening in the hotel. The streets are dark and I wouldn’t want to be caught outside in an air raid. Paris is much more scared over them than London. The streets here are dotted with crippled soldiers and I see thousands of women in mourning. Business goes on though almost as if there was no war.
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| Champs Elysées seen from Place de la Concorde |
Spent the evening in the hotel. The streets are dark and I wouldn’t want to be caught outside in an air raid. Paris is much more scared over them than London. The streets here are dotted with crippled soldiers and I see thousands of women in mourning. Business goes on though almost as if there was no war.
Weather fine. Sunny and
mild.
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