为何信笺纸是黄色的？
<p><span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="Legal">Legal</span> <span word="Pads">Pads</span> <span word="Yellow">Yellow</span>?</p><p>为什么信笺是黄色的？</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="pad">pad</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="start">start</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="Holley">Holley</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1888. <span word="Holley">Holley</span> <span word="was">was</span> 24 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="mill">mill</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Holyoke">Holyoke</span>, <span word="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</span>. <span word="Every">Every</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="threw">threw</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="scrap">scrap</span> <span word="pieces">pieces</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="sortings">sortings</span>, <span word="left">left</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="sized">sized</span> <span word="sheets">sheets</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="knew">knew</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sortings">sortings</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="binding">binding</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="notepads">notepads</span>. <span word="Since">Since</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="essentially">essentially</span> <span word="trash">trash</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mill">mill</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pads">pads</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="low">low</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>.</p><p>1888年，<span word="Thomas">Thomas</span> <span word="Holley">Holley</span>创造了信笺。24岁的他在马萨诸塞州霍利约克的一家造纸厂工作。每天他和同事们都会扔掉很多被称为“边角余料”的废料，这些废料是将纸张切成合适大小的尺寸后剩下的部分。他知道它们一定有用武之地，最终想到了一个好点子，就是把这些“边角余料”切成统一尺寸并装订成记事本。因为这些纸张对造纸厂来说就是垃圾，所以他们可以以很低的价格出售这种小本子。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="batches">batches</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pads">pads</span> <span word="sold">sold</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Holley">Holley</span> <span word="quit">quit</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="job">job</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mill">mill</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="own">own</span> <span word="company">company</span>—<span word="Ampad">Ampad</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Pad">Pad</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Paper">Paper</span> <span word="Company">Company</span>—<span word="to">to</span> <span word="collect">collect</span> <span word="scraps">scraps</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="mills">mills</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="manufacture">manufacture</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="pads">pads</span>. <span word="His">His</span> <span word="company">company</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="exists">exists</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="manufacture">manufacture</span> <span word="notepads">notepads</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="variety">variety</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="sizes">sizes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shapes">shapes</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="colors">colors</span>.</p><p>最初的几批记事本卖得非常好，以至于<span word="Holley">Holley</span>辞去了造纸厂的工作，成立了自己的公司<span word="Ampad">Ampad</span>（即美国记事本及纸业公司），从当地造纸厂收集废料后，生产、销售小记事本。这家公司目前仍然存在，仍在生产各种大小和形状，还有不同颜色的记事本。</p>
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