Presidents' sleeping habits
I ran across a curiosity a couple of weeks ago and haven't satisfied it yet. Today, I googled it again and came upon a blog post that actually phrases it in reference to presidents. I know that in "the old days" many people slept sitting up because they thought it was healthier, and it was so common that beds were built quite short. But when did it start and when did it end?
Specifically, which presidents would have slept sitting up and which would have slept flat?
Labels: history
posted by Derek @ 9:58 PM
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7 Comments:
Are we counting the times they nod off at Cabinet meetings? :-)
He He He
Back in 1993 (remember the 20th century?) I was a docent at a local house museum - the Gallier House, which was built in 1860, in the French Quarter. We had an extensive training course before we began leading tours - and we were told that the reason the cushions were piled so high on the (probably not) Prudent Mallard bed was because people of that era felt it was healthier to sleep sort-of sitting up. That's really all I know about it.
Define "sleeping"...
J.F.K.
John, are you sure we have to reach as far back as JFK? Like, maybe within the past decade?
Duane, You can't corner them if they work in an oval office... no corners! : )
John, define "work"! I could go on, but prudence suggests otherwise. Hooray for prudence! LOL
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