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Show He Was Too Wise Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the government's food expert, ex-pert, said at a recent dinner in Washington: "But in our search for pure foods we may go too far. Thus a lady entered a grocer's the other day ar.d said: "Have you got any currants?" The clerk, a college graduate, replied: "'Yes, madam, we have very fine Coriuths, or small dried jirrapes from the Greek town of that name currants, you know, Is the corrupted form. How many will you have?" " 'None at all if they are corrupted,' muttered tin lady. 'I belong to a pure food leasue.' i |