The evening world. Newspaper, February 4, 1922, Page 13

WARARRRARAARRVARARARARARARAVRLRRRVNVRABVRARRAURAY ie SE : ——— ———— eS —=s ACK in the middle ‘50's or there- abouts, bluff old Capt. Rowland H. Macy, ins founder of ae sce aed 0 EBB f h Bi home from England in his tidy little 3 i ° . . t packet, with as nice a cargo of fanc’ = me O t e 1 es qoods as you sould wish to ee, Tier, ee She S Brin gin g So Off pe thing went smoothly until he was within ; three days or so of port—and then, with- W I | Yr ere out the slightest warning,.a tremendous z Values (S ave Eve hurricane blew up. z Here was a devil of a mess! The sea ee E wee a ket in which was running mountains high,and sweeping —e The Anniversary Ship—symbolic of the pac . ”? over tha deck, so that the deck compass eS Captain Rowland H. Macy made his famous “‘Red Star fetched loose arrd was swept overboard, Rain—spume—overhead nothing but clouds and scud—seas confused, winds shifting, rigging damaged—no compass. Captain Macy hadn't an idea which way to head, and qave himself up to despair. Night was coming on, and the storm “ continued unabated, so that the situation was growing desperate. Suddenly the Captain noticed a rift in the sky, and a small red star shone brightly through the gale. "Thank God!" he cried. “We'll lay our course by that red star and hold it!” And so grateful was Captain Macy for that guidance, which saved his ship, voyage—has dropped anchor. : Her hold is crammed with fine merchandise—a special cargo. bought for our 64th birthday—so that we may cele- brate a bigger and better anniversary than ever before. For two weeks—beginning on Monday—we'll be break- ing out her cargo—we'll be having such special sales that every day will be a “Red Star” value day. Look in tomorrow’s Times, Herald, World, Telegraph or Eagle for the announcement of the first offering. It will be worth your while! that he adopted the red star as Vy. x l) the emblem for his store. Ce yf ¢ y be x a : , N my 7 y, A & 2. wh zs e ° fs | Herald Square New York an) : fis, y : MA te Vb mB ))%4 Md E RRA S CRRULRRTE A ~