Judge — July 7, 1923 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains humorous verse and cartoons about golf's therapeutic value for nervous people. The main content includes: **"Ballades of a Dub"** and **"Scots' Blear"** — poems mocking amateur golfers who consistently play poorly despite effort. **"Golf as a Cure for Nervousness"** — a comic strip showing six panels where golf fails to calm an anxious person; he becomes increasingly agitated through the game. **"The Golf Investor's Guide"** — satirical verses suggesting golf supposedly improves health, but the author observes players actually "increase enormously" their frustration and drink. The cartoons at page bottom illustrate bad golf technique with humorous exaggeration. The satire's point: golf, despite claims of being therapeutic, actually frustrates players and makes them worse—not better.