Life — March 2, 1922 — page 6: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page The main cartoon titled "Circumlocution" depicts two men on a golf course. One asks the other about his golf game; the second man responds with elaborate evasiveness, saying he's been caddying for ten years and has taken the first man "in places I've never been before"—a humorous non-answer to a straightforward question. The satire mocks circumlocution (speaking around a subject without directly addressing it), a common complaint about politicians and bureaucrats of the era who used verbose, evasive language instead of straight answers. The golf setting suggests leisure-class conversation, making the dodge more absurdly obvious and funny. The page's other content includes poems about Lenten abstinence and romantic topics, representing typical Life magazine miscellany.