100年前的生活妙招：如何讓墨水瓶不倒？

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?

通常人們不會為了求取生活妙方而去回顧20世紀初的年代，不過如果那個「垮掉的一代」真的能對我們有所助益呢？

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.

紐約公共圖書館將一組100多年前的香煙盒上的「生活妙招」卡片進行了數字化處理，這些卡片上的小貼士實在太實用了，二十一世紀的我們看到了也會多加留意！

How to Prevent An Ink Bottle from Upsetting

如何防止墨水瓶傾倒

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，墨水灑出來了，這是常有的麻煩事，給墨水瓶做一個架子就能輕鬆預防這種情況的發生。如圖所示，將紙片剪開，從墨水瓶頂部穿下來，直至與瓶底齊平。選用質地較硬的紙板為宜。