Life — September 14, 1922 — page 25: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page satirizes lawn tennis culture through multiple vignettes labeled with tennis terminology. The sketches depict: - **"Love Fifteen"** through **"Mixed Doubles"**: Various scenes of people playing tennis or socializing at tennis events - **"Love All"**: A couple playing, with the caption "Both: 'Gee, What a Partner!'" — a double entendre suggesting romantic as well as athletic pairing - **"Refreshments"**: Players taking breaks - **"The Dreadful Press"**: Journalists covering the sport - **"Easy Boy"**: A seated player The satire targets tennis as a leisure activity for the affluent, capturing romantic flirtation, social pretension, and the sport's cultural prominence. The use of tennis scoring terminology as labels creates wordplay. Without a specific date visible, this appears to be early-to-mid 20th century commentary on upper-class recreation and courtship rituals.