The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-16

By {. 6. DEM AREE.
one 81 Daytonass Drowning gio-
H. S her ncompaxabie beach. No
one who haa ever set foot upon IT, II
smooth, packed sands: no one who
e l;vI pedaied 3 bicycle over II en-
pauss no one who ever drove
paancing paar Of horses and lIsten-
"a Is the popping of their steel shoesi
mon its asphaltum-lf like face: no oneI
who ever steered q. hieh-p0wer au-
kom0bfle down the broad stretch oil
wxve-washed and surfpacked sand
but realized that 1t d n world beat
er. q world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls fIit by IN joyous mood, and
answer whether this y not one Of
the seven modern wonders.
The placid, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think you b water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly ell
mile wide.. fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic cottages with r00my
verandas hooking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers beck0ning, 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
il for The sport OF bobbing upon the
waves; watch that 1ubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muElet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his f1oundering load he
snatched from the water.
/ See the beautiful launches, spick
and span. with hampers and lockers
bullying with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for a cruise upon th
beautiful surface. Take out your field
! glass and sweep the river from
Ormond bridge to Ponce Park
light house, then say whether the
J Halifax isn't a thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
s. Ridgewood avenue is upon the cres
: of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
: flies and the wide spreading branch
es of the heavy-trunked live oaks ex
8 tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent VISTA, forming an arch, 'an6
9 from these extended arms great feS
s toOns OF Spanish moss sway as thu
trade winds from the tropic sea-
9 fan them. Looking straight ahea,
down this white shell street one ha.
the impression of fairy path Will
Q afisn draperies, but aus you NOV
along and cast an eye first to tn,
: right and then to the left you Sc,
o distinguished cottage homes in tn
81 most delightful settings
81 See tho glistening leaf of the gran
3 magnolia which nature has varnishe
q as no artists brush ever could; an
G the cabbage palms with their burden
8 of snowy fruit and swaying palms
y see the lovely holly with its exquE
9 lite beiry; see the climbing vine
y
~ rosa mons forms which gain a foo
hold on the great oaks and snatel
= palms. and surely you will join
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cotsag
Homes.
No one of Daytona.S attraction.
perhaps, commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners
these charming Villas hail from ever
corner Of the country and they brin
their own architectural plans an
build upon them. and, as the arch
lecture of one section of the countl
differs from the architecture of a.
other SO do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There al
no monotonous rows of striking
similar build .ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by, is treated to a kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mir
wondering. what next?"
1t is no. only the exterior of mar
OF these homes which rivets attic
ton; w,ah.c they are models of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
fshfng give evidence of the elegan,
and cultivation of those who work,
it all out. Indeed, it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furnishi1
and shading, more than the exteri