How the FILTHY Rich Spent Their Nights in Gilded Age Hotels | History for Sleep

What did a night in a luxury hotel suite cost compared with a clerk’s weekly pay, and why did some wealthy families in the Gilded Age give up their houses to live in hotels for years? Step into Chicago in 1888 and follow one woman through an evening and a long winter night in a palace of marble, gaslight, and early electric lamps, from the dining room and the ladies’ parlor to a letter at her writing desk and the quiet service corridors hidden behind the walls. If a story like this helps you drift off, a like and a subscribe helps this little channel find someone else who needs it too. #historyforsleep #gildedage #sleephistory #grandhotel #1880 #bedtimestory #luxuryhotel