100年前的生活妙招：如何點燃風中的蠟燭？

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！

How to Light a Match in the Wind
如何點燃風中的蠟燭

The familiar difficulty of lighting a match in a wind can be to a great extent overcome if thin shavings are first cut on the match end, as shown in the picture.
起風的時候想點燃一根蠟燭往往困難重重，按照圖中所示的辦法，點燃火柴之前在火柴末端刮出細小的木梢，就能很大程度上解決這個問題了！

On lighting the match, the curled strips catch fire at once; the flame is stronger, and has a better chance.
點燃火柴時，翹起來的木梢馬上被點燃；火焰燃燒得更旺，燃燒的時間也更長。