THE NEW YORKER OUR. MR.. OPPE.R. M ARGE had "her death." When anyone asked her how she felt she said. "Oh dear, I ran out without a hat last night and caught 'my death.' I'm perfectly miserable." And she really seemed to be, what with coughing, sneezing, sniffling and telling people about "her death." Marge got a swell examination at a doctor's, and a prescription. As the doctor walked out of the o.ffic with her, he said, "I want you to take one of these coryza and opium tablets every two hours and stay in bed until your cold is over. You may be able to get them without this prescription but in case you can't just giye it to them." We taxied directly to the nearest drug store, a beautiful place done in blue, mirrors and pink soap. As we entered a nice looking gentleman ap- proached us and said, "How do you do?" "How do you do?" I answered politely, although I didn't recall his face. "I would like to have you meet Miss Marjorie Brenner. We are go- ing to be married soon and poor Marge has a frightful cold." "My death," put in Marge. "So we just dropped in to get some- thing the doctor prescribed for her. Marge, dear, I want you to meet " a . .. . er . . . " 0 PPER is my name," the man confessed. "Herman Opper." "Well, I certainly am glad to have . . H " I run Into you agaIn, erman, re- plied. "It surely is a tiny world after all, isn't it. Just fancy meeting you, of all people, here, of all places!" "I work here, sir," Mr. Opper then told me. "Is there anything I can do for you?" "How are you on coryza and opium tablets?" I asked. "I really don't know," Opper con- fessed. "You see I've only been here two weeks and I haven't had a go at them yet. But I'd just love to try. Shall we?" "Let's! " I said enthusiastically. And even Marge seemed to look for- ward to the ad venture. "Which way shall we go first?" Herman asked. "Let's draw lots," suggested Marge, beginning to enter keenly into the enterprise. This, we all agreed, was a o-ood idea. So we tore a piece of b paper I found in my pocket into four pieces and wrote north, east, south and 73 Marked--down Mysteries Why do merchants mark down clothes? Presumably because they do not want to keep the marked..down clothes in stock any longer-whether because of chang' ing s yles, or of lessened value due to any other cause. Are clothes that a merchant thinks are worth less apt to be worth more to you? D "Andrea Brothers hold no marked,down bargain sales. Our clothes are always priced to give value. We believe that clothes which we are no longer willing to keep in stock are no longer good enough for our customers to buy. Ready to Wear, $75 JJ' i3rothers MEN'S TAILORS 587 Fifth Avenue at Forty,Seventh Telephone-Murray HIll 5532 .... :t. - '. .