Judge — July 19, 1919 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "The Vagaries of Golf" This satirical page mocks various golf stereotypes and player types through character sketches. The illustrations show: - A clergyman (Rev. Plansitt Hard) addressing the ball for the ninth time, satirizing verbose, ineffective players - "Bill" and another character in conversation about perfect days and golf balls—likely poking fun at boastful golfers - Cyrus Goode (identified as a Christian Scientist) breaking his club in frustration, mocking religious hypocrisy when faced with golf's challenges - Various other character types: overbearing fathers, domestic nags, and business partners who "scrap" over golf outings The satire targets how golf reveals people's true nature—clergy lose patience, scientists abandon faith, and respectable people become irritable. It's social commentary through sporting mishap, exposing the vanity and frustration lurking beneath genteel facades.