Life — April 19, 1928 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Bad Lie" — Life Magazine, April 10, 1928 This cartoon satirizes golf through caricatured ethnic stereotypes common to 1920s humor. The image shows two golfers in an apparent dispute over the ball's position on the course. The figure on the left appears to be making an excuse or false claim about his shot ("a bad lie"—golfer's slang for poor ball placement). The exaggerated facial features and dress of both figures reflect the crude stereotyping typical of the era's popular magazines. The joke plays on the double meaning of "lie"—both the golf term and the accusation of dishonesty in the players' argument. Without additional context from the OCR'd text (which appears incomplete), the specific political or social commentary beyond the golf-humor premise remains unclear.