The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-25
BY /. c. DEMAREE.

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res is her Incompatible beach No
one who ever set foot upon its
packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
panse; no one who ever drove a
prancing pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping of their steel shoes
upon it's asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered high-power au-
tomobile down the broad stretch of
wave washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it is a worId-beat-
er, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
by souls fit by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one OF
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIlucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly a
mile vide, fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom,
gamey food fishes in countless num-
beers Reckoning, as it were. to those
with rod and reel; her bosom fleck-
ed with duck and coot and snowy
| winged sea birds, which sit about as
if for the sport of bobbing upon the
| waves; watch that lubberIy old
white headed pelican pouch a tat
| mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his laundering load he
snatched from the water.
+ See the beautiful laupches, spick
| and span, their hampers and lockers
bullying with refreshments both solid
and liquid ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your fiel
glass and sweep the river from
/ Ormondg bride to Ponce Park
light house, then say whether the
Halifax isn't thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders. a-.o
The Enchantingly Picturesque Ridge
wood.
/ RidgeWood avenue is upon the crest
| of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
| flies and the spreading branches
of the heayy-trunked live oaks ex-
tend their giant arms across the mag
| nificent vista, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes-
toons of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them Looking straight ahead
the impression of a fairy path with
elfish draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see dis
tinguished cottage homes in the most
delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf of the grand
magnolia which nature has vanished
as no artists brush ever could; and
the cabbage palms with their burdens
of snowy fruit and swaying palms;
see the lovely holly with its exquis
tie berry; see the climbing vines
J run riot in the trees; see the cryp
togamons forms which gain a foot
hold on the great oaks and stately
] palms, and surely you will join il
the chorus and say that this is q
world wonder for beauty
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one OF Daytonas attractions
| orb dc
versal attention and praise than does
! the artistic cottages The owners o
] these charming villcs hail from every
corner of the country and they bring
J their own architectural plans ant
build upon them, and, as the archi
! lecture of one section Of the country
differs from the architecture of anoth
er, so do our homes differ in outward
! appearance and structural beauty fror
! one another. There are no monoto
Z nous rows of strikingly similar build
/ ings but the eye, as it sweeps by, is
J treated to a kaleidoscope change
} which keeps the mind wondering
\ What next?"
: It is not only the exterior Of many
} of thsee homes which rivets atten
: ton; within they are models of con
, yenience, and the finishing and furn
) ishing give evidence of the elegance
! and cultivation of those who worked
! it all out. Indeed, it is the interior
1 arrangement and artistic furnishing
2 and shading, more than the exterior
, appearance that gives a SURPRISING
! charm TO Daytona homes This fea
J ture justly merits prominence as an
: other wonder.
Streets and Pavements the Most
and Best.
Why the Architect oof the Universe
chose to give Daytona the most ad
: mirable, the most picturesque natural