Apr 28, 2019
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If you were born within the past few decades, you probably don’t know how in your face cigarette advertising used to be according to boredomtherapy.com. From ads on television to vending machines in neighborhood restaurants, smoking was a much more visible part of everyday life in America. Heck, people even smoked on airplanes!
Back in the late 1800s, cigarette companies put a single card in their packets to keep the containers from bending. Gallaher’s Cigarettes turned their cards into fun collectible items, and in 1910, they started putting some tips on them that can seem pretty wild today…
1. Prevent your glasses from getting foggy: If glasses are rubbed daily with soap and well polished afterward, a very thin, invisible film of soap remains, which acts as a preventative measure against condensation.
2. Keep flies away from your trash can: It’s been found that a small amount of ordinary Borax sprinkled daily in your trashcan, which is one of their favorite haunts, will put a stop to the breeding.
3. Make shoes fit like a dream: A pair of loose shoes can be made to fit comfortably by fixing a piece of velvet inside the heel as shown. But keep in mind, to work efficiently, the velvet cannot have any wrinkles in it.
4. How to properly carry a jug: The correct way to hold the jug is shown in the right-hand sketch. Placing a thumb in the opening prevents the weight from pulling the jug down and spilling what it contains.
5. How to bandage a foot: Bandage the foot in the manner shown by the lower diagram. Go over and around the back of the foot in a spiral fashion, and eventually fasten it with a safety pin just beneath the ankle.
6. Helping a sprained ankle: Elevate the injured joint and wrap it in cold damp cloths. Place one end of a cloth in a jug of water and rest the other end on the wrapped joint. The water will pass from jug to compress by way of the linen strip.
7. Clean an oil painting with a raw potato: Dust the painting first, then rub it gently with the flat surface of a cut raw potato. The dirty part of the potato must be constantly pared off to ensure efficient cleaning. Finish off with a rub of pure linseed oil.
8. Cut the perfect slice of bread every single time: Plunge the bread knife into hot water and when thoroughly hot, wipe quickly. The heated knife will cut soft, yielding new bread into the thinnest slices.
9. Weigh down your vases to prevent them from toppling: Partly fill the vase with sand, which keeps it upright and firm on its base. This method works particularly well in vases that are top-heavy.
10. Clean up glass safely and efficiently: To pick up broken glass quickly and cleanly, a soft damp cloth is most effective, for it takes up the small splinters. The best plan is to use an old rag that can be thrown away with the glass.
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