The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-01

A Rsnnlng Sketch Canght from
the Seat q : Speeding
Motor Car.


To one who hes spent I've eonsecutise
winters in the Ohto xAlley. dsIiehtful In
he good old sumnes tlnDs'' beyund the
power Of pen 70 dsscslbe. bat eopreeious,
sbominable with iss r1pid fIrs of hot,
cold and temperate blasts fsom every
point of The eonpan-a shBoo- doys'
driszle followed By . blindlne snow
storm, sleet. thaw. = slush. . vssis-
able Pandora box. netaphosically spsaA
ing. Jupiter Piuviss shulntag the easds
Ito oae say who hes beea an ocular,
auricular and sestieas witness of such
meteorological freakishness shs DAytnna
eavieoas promise ssspite.
Her sunkiased wa1am ysAect bright
ness her festooas q 0pnnish mos wave
> welcome. The clusters a golden citrus
fruits delight The eye. The thuadesing
ssrf poundine upnu ~ naest heaeh b
all the world sAsills IL -; ~ lsaping
nsh. The diving water hlrds. tie hsrkiog
squirrels, the trailing Wines. the v.ria-
gated flowers. the balmy trade winds
from the Indian iplAnds blsnd In one
great soul-pleasing hassuony: these and
many otlJer sttsactions not to be re-
sisted make thls the mecca Of the
Yankee. the rendezvous Of the old
Rebel. The sanitsrii,m of the ailing-in
fart . constant s,srce of delight for
everybody from evrryvh~rs.
Did you ever stop 10 notice vhat
marked changes i people, In b,,siasss.
In the appearance Of things in general
occur In. the bri.f epacc Of Eve years?
The marked changes IN our own families
have come imperoeptibiy. perhaps. the
transition, owing 70 daily association.
not being noted, but TO the one absent
for half decade very decided change
is observedsa q more generous sprinkle Of
gray hairs, . maturer voice, more dig
n,fied hearing characterize numbers
whom ! shall not mention by name,
men and women Of middle life, good yet
for many years Of usefulness. A few.
beginning 10 show the weight Of years.
arc slowing down. THE romping girl ol
twelve with frocks ut knees and flowing
cGkls has metamorphoscd: curls gone up
and frocks gone down. has passed the
debutante milestone, not Annabelle and
lsannette, now Miss Smith and Miss
Jones. That lubbe'ly boy left with
the tenor voice u now talking bass. He
isu't whistiing through his thumbs tc
his chums up ut Giles dock or shooting
BIS at sand CT bs over on the beach
he's just cast his first vote for one oi
The Bills and is full Of business enter
pTiseA Those proud and chivxlrou.
Benedicts who In the Conventions
black" led 70 Hymen's . altars the faires
howers Of our fair city, how are the,
!, comforting themselves? Sobered anc
settled . lot walking the floor nights
thinking thoughts not found in the re
vised version or the catechisms ane
quite at variance With the injunction
found in commandment No. 3, dodder
) ing and cooling the lusty-lunged little
Franklin Edwards, Donald Les les
HeaEy -. lean Frances. Mira Maxines
Esis noas. future senators and presi
daoaa66ob woussa and suffragists.
Hunsovouply speaking these genera
chdhesoase observed BY the occasIona
visitar. Dsopplng the jocular vein ant
speakinS specifically there are many
faces onee - familiar I miss. Our ex
Mayor Chas. I. Smith with his stronl
yet kindly iaee. strong voice and strong
personality. ex-nayor Harris. maste
arttst, - 80 was his talented wife. Il
Ai6ashsa1n uosk; Jay" Wilkinson. tn
reeogniso1 Apollo Of Daytona. and like
byan: W. Jibh, Who smilingly tool
osr mode1 I'D shossd US out the gates
Death has claimed its shining marks
Thaie votoe = stilled, we miss their pres
enes and lament their lnss. It must b
ffys,anHens.~ssa m, Tu.ar~a p,.uaN