European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse New York times f you Aren t one of them it s maddening to see them in action or in this Case inaction. They sit Slouch or lie Flat on their backs. Their laces Are beautifully relaxed completely void of worry. Their lips curl in a gentle smile. Sometimes a Little music accompanies the peaceful picture a delicate snore a whip of a wheeze a Soli percussion of tiny grunts nothing overwhelming or Loo Hearty because this is a sonata not a symphony. These people Aren t sleeping almost anyone can do Hal they Are cat napping and not everyone can do thai Catnap Pera probably go Back to the beginning of Man woman Humankind but whal they were called at that Point is lost on the Walls of some Cave. Where the name we now use comos from seems obvious to anyone who has Ever had even the most cursory dealings with a cat. James Fern Ore Cooper probably did because in 1823 a either coined the word although a used it As two words or was one of the Tirol to record it. Cal nappers Don l exactly poly the rest of the world but they regard them As somehow less fortunate As a Beauty might look on brains or brains might took on Beauty or the French generally look on foreigners who try to speak their language. Cal nappers Are also proud of fellow members of their club who have came right out and admitted thai this special Talent or act Lily. Helped them to achieve their tame Lorline of glory. Two of the names dropped casualty but frequent in Inlo Catnap ners conversations Are Winston Churchill and Albert Einstein. Churchill was Well known for his ability to Nap at will anywhere at any Lime and awake refreshed after even a minute or two. This apparently got him through the difficult years of world War if. Ii is not known whether the theory of relatively had any relationship to naps but the Story is that in Erma Bombeck a bout three years ago my son who lives i another stale got an answering machine. Athirst i resented in. I knew As sure As go made Little Grean apples that kid was lying in bed with the machine turned on. Listening to me having an anxiety attack and Loving it. But alter a while the machine began to take on a human Quality it had such Fine manner. It would say softly i i m not Here right now but if you would leave your name and your phone number. Iii get Back to you As soon As i can at the sound of the beep you have 10 seconds. Have a Good Day my son never would have said that somehow i could t bring Mysell to say what i had called Lor. You bum is your Arm broken i have Streich Marks around my Knees and you Don t have minutes to talk to your Molher so ended up saying i know you re Busy. I was just checking to see if you re alive. I hardly Hurt at and today. You have Good Day too. Anyone can sleep but can they Catnap Einstein s personal life there was a relationship Between napping and keys it s said hat to often dozed Olf with a Hunch of keys in his hand when i he keys fell to the floor to know it was Lima to awake currently Leonard a. Laudor is one of the major league Cal nappers a class a player if Ihorn Over was one he can Nap in a new York taxi a Teal even Churchill might have found dih cull. Lauder. President of Estee Lauder inc., Learned to Nap in the Navy where to was a communicant on and cryptography officer. When important communiques arrived usually in the Middle of the night he d be dragged Oul of bed he said. I had to find a Way of making up the lost Sloop it just takes a ill he concern nation and will he said. It s almost like yoga take meditation in Hall sends you into a dream world but never into a really deep sleep. I can Nap for iwo or three minutes when i get Homo at night and then go on Tor an ii he wanted to have a particularly fast Nap he said he relaxed his jaw and lot it drop voila. John Dankworth the composer musician and musical director of the London symphony pop season can t Nap standing up but is convinced he can do so anywhere else oven silting on a rail tence he said his wife. Cleo Laine Calls him a Masler and envies him envy him she might but according to Dant Worth. Laine who is one of the stars of the mys tory of Edwin Drood on Broadway does t Nap by religion Solo for some singers the voice wakes up several hours after the physical Wake up he said. Cleo is like that if she napped her voice would t be fully awake for perhaps six hours Afler she actually but in another area of performing actor Darren Mcgavin considers naps a vital Way to rejuvenate himself when he s making a film or appearing on stage Over the years he s Learned to Nap almost on demand. You work a 12 and 14-hour Day particularly when youve said Mcgavin who is to the new movie raw deaf with Arnold Schwarzenegger by the Lime they Call lunch you be been there six hours or More so i have something to Eal in my dressing room and then Nap for 30 wherever he s working Mcgavin usually has a 2-by 6-foot piece of plywood in the dressing room propped at a 30-degree Anglo against a sofa or chair. To places himself on it head Down and feet up and goes olt sometimes for As Short a period As three minutes. I m totally unconscious and i fool totally refreshed when i get up he said. Before she knew that she would grow up to be president of Chanel inc., Kitty d Alessio studied dance. It was during those years that she Learned How to relax and take advantage of even Brief moments. We used to rest on the floor anr1 close our eyes and throughout the years the machine and i continued to communicate on a regular basis. As i told my husband i be never had a relationship that was so satisfying. That Little Monkey was always there Lor me when i Nee fed it. You know How you Call some people and the phone rings and rings and rings. Not this one. Why even our son used to Brush me Olf. Someone was always honking a Horn or a Buzzer was going off or his car was being stolen As we spoke. But not the machine on Christmas in 84 it actually played silent night Lor me and before the beep wished me a merry Christmas ii meant the world to me. It was such a Sweet simple thing to do. No whining around about How the gift was in the mail or How the airlines were booked and he could t get Home. Just a sincere Little electronic Christmas card. Then one Day i think it was the Spring of b5.1 dialled the machine and heard it say you have reached 555 alter live mules jump up she recalled Bui the result of those years is that her napping is All done lying Down i can t Nap Silling up even on a plane she said it s important for Molo be Flat and i like to Lake Oil my makeup and put Colton pods on my eyes " when Michael Bennahum wants to leave this world for a Lew Dinulos. He Puls himself into a Light Tranco Bennahum president of Kaufman Astoria studios said that a therapist Friend taught him self hypnosis some years ago putting yourself Inlo an alleged Sale of consciousness is vary easy i was he said now i can Leil myself i want to go Olf Tor Hrco or live minutes and that i want to foul As though i had a sled for three hours. It works even if it sounds bizarre " when i run out of Gas i can Curt up said Theodora Greenbaum a corporate Art consultant i Start working very Early and t throw my whole self into it and i could t Gul through the Day or evening without Groen Bunn naps successfully in the Ollice at Home in Tho car at her club so Long As she can stretch Oul and take Olf her shoes. For reasons unknown the removal of shoes even sneakers is a must i mentally Lurn off the switch and say i m nol Gong to do anything but relax and alter Hal it s a she said then there is some Sorl of a body clock because 1 know intuitively when to Wake up " Lawrence Freuer Jitich knows exactly How he started napping and Why. The genesis of it was survival he said from my teens i be been a habitual insomniac and because i taught Mysek to Nap. T can stoop three or four hours a night and not suffer Freundlich president of Freundlich books said that if napping Ever made it Inlo Tho olympics schedule he d be a certain candidate and a Likely Winner i m the Champ he said simply. 4455.1 Promise i la return your Call god i love integrity. Got a Little problem. The beep is broken but if you la just count to Fiva and leave your name and number i la Call you right you d have thought my son would have the decency to Tell me the recorder was sick. I know him. He had probably abused it in some Way like dropping in from the stove or cutting Oft its current with its own Cord. You know How kids Are. They Only think of themselves. I called the recorder yesterday. Just to Chal. When a voice said yeah i said who is this the voice said it s your son. Ii had been three years since i had heard his voice How s in going ? Are you there mom i told him i was waiting Lor the beep. He said i just caught him on his Way Oul. I called the recorder a Little later and we had a Nice Chat. 0 1986. Loaf 38� Tirol Sliu saturday june 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17
