Life — October 14, 1920 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 668 **The Cartoon:** Shows several men in early 20th-century attire on a golf course. One golfer addresses another: "GOOD GRACIOUS! WHY DO YOU GO AROUND SO MANY CLUBS FOR! WELL, YOU SEE, I'M ALWAYS HOPING THAT ONE OF 'EM WILL DO THE TRICK." **The Joke:** This satirizes golfers who carry excessive equipment, hoping that more clubs will compensate for poor skill. The humor suggests the golfer is incompetent—blaming his clubs rather than accepting his limitations. **The Article Below** ("Maximum Inferiority") discusses golf psychology, examining how players mentally struggle with the first tee, comparing themselves unfavorably to others, and how envy affects performance. It's commentary on the psychological insecurities golf exposes in players. **Context:** Early 20th-century Life magazine regularly mocked golf's growing popularity among American middle/upper classes and the neuroses it produced.