Welcome to the strange and wonderful world of 1920s 'how-to' compendium Hints and Hobbies.

Weekly cinemagazine Hints and Hobbies offered an eclectic mix of handy hints to inter-war filmgoers. In this first edition, the advice ranges from sensible and practical (how to treat a fractured leg or feed a small puppy) to the downright bizarre (how to supplement your rent money by making cardboard flower vases). There's even advice for the chaps on how to be the perfect husband…

Our Pet Column: Persian cats and a puppy.
An Interesting Hobby Which Can Be Made to Help Pay the Rent?: making a vase
from cardboard and cretonne.
Hints on First-Aid by Lady Superintendant Mrs. Webb of the St. John's Ambulance
Brigade: treating a fractured leg.
Auto-Suggestion by W.M.W. Thomas.