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 Keep Saucepan Lids Raised

炖锅顶盖小帮手

A useful little article for keeping the lid of a saucepan raised can be made out of an ordinary clothes peg.Drive a tack into the top part of the peg and the fix the peg over the edge of the suacepan as if it were the clothes-line. The lid rests on the tack and is thus kept open.

用普通的晾衣夹就做一个能顶住炖锅锅盖的小神器!在晾衣夹的上部塞入一个图钉，然后像夹晒衣绳那样把晾衣架夹在炖锅的边缘上。锅盖被图钉撑住，就能保持开着的状态了。

（翻译：小木）

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