Life — July 16, 1925 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 7 This page contains three humor pieces: "The Perfect Golf Course" (a satirical essay about an idealized, impossible golf course), "The Party Line" (a brief joke about a married woman discovering her husband's coffee preferences), and "Change It!" (a name-joke exchange). The main visual is a large illustration of a Native American totem pole labeled "Big Chief Wind-In-The-Face and His Family Totem Pole." This appears to be period humor playing on exaggerated Native American naming conventions for comedic effect—typical of early 20th-century American satire that relied on racial caricature. The smaller illustration shows a golfer lying exhausted, captioned about making a hole-in-one. The humor targets golf enthusiasts and married life stereotypes of the era.