100年前的生活妙招：如何巧妙使用蠟燭？

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?
通常人們不會爲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多年前的香菸盒上的“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！

To Fit a Large Candle
如何安置太大的蠟燭

If a candle is too thick to fit the candlestick, don't pare the end, but get a bowl of hot water and hold the end of the candle in it until the wax softens.
如果蠟燭太粗了，放不進燭臺，你用不着把蠟燭末端削尖，只需要倒一碗熱水，將蠟燭末端浸入水中，直至蠟燭變軟。

If the candle is now pressed into the candlestick, it will fit firmly.
現在當你把蠟燭插入燭臺，它就會穩穩的坐在裏面了。