Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1919 — Very Platonic. [ARTICLE]

Very Platonic.

Peter Prosser didn’t believe in marriage. He kept on saying so. Platonic friendship was good enough for him, he affirmed. But one day Peter Prosser got married. His friends'wondered, and one of them asked a question. “Well,” said Peter indignantly, in reply, “I still believe in platonic friend* ship, of course, but I had to do something. Another fellow came along and got interested in the girl."