双语：100年前的生活妙招：如何让墨水瓶不倒？

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[摘要]通常人们不会为了求取生活妙方而去回顾20世纪初的年代，不过如果那个“垮掉的一代”真的能对我们有所助益呢？纽约公共图书馆将一组100多年前的香烟盒上的“生活妙招”卡片进行了数字化处理。

People don't often look back on the early 1900's for advice, but what if we could actually learn something from the Lost Generation?

通常人们不会为了求取生活妙方而去回顾20世纪初的年代，不过如果那个“垮掉的一代”真的能对我们有所助益呢？

The New York Public Library has digitized 100 "how to do it" cards found in cigarette boxes over 100 years ago, and the tips they give are so practical that millennials reading this might want to take notes.

纽约公共图书馆将一组100多年前的香烟盒上的“生活妙招”卡片进行了数字化处理，这些卡片上的小贴士实在太实用了，二十一世纪的我们看到了也会多加留意！

How to Prevent An Ink Bottle from Upsetting

如何防止墨水瓶倾倒

A very frequent cause of annoyance, the spilling of ink through bottle being knocked over, can easily be prevented by making a stand for bottle like that shown. The piece of card should be cut, as shown in diagram, then forced down over bottle till level with bottom. A moderately stiff card is needed.

墨水瓶被撞倒，墨水洒出来了，这是常有的麻烦事，给墨水瓶做一个架子就能轻松预防这种情况的发生。如图所示，将纸片剪开，从墨水瓶顶部穿下来，直至与瓶底齐平。选用质地较硬的纸板为宜。