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！

To Seperate Glass Tumblers
如何分开摞起来的玻璃杯

When two glass tumblers stick together there is a danger of breakage in trying to separate them.
两个摞在一起的玻璃杯很容易相互卡住，将它们分开的时候就很可能把杯子弄破。

The simplest and most effective method of releasing the glasses is to put cold water into the upper one and place the lower one in warm water.
解决这个问题最简单有效的办法就是，在上面的杯子里倒入冷水，再把下面的杯子放进热水里。

They will be found to separate at once.
如此一来它们很容易就会被分开了。

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