The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-14

BY I. c. DEMAREE.

me who has ever set foot upon Ms
packed sands; no one VINO
,ver pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
,artSs: no one who ever drove
yrancing pair of horses and listen
ID to the popping Of their steel shoes
lpon its asphaltum-like face; no one
Who ever steered hig'h-power au-
.omobfie down the broad stretch OF
and surf-packed sand
3us realized that it Is a world beat
sr, a worh-Wonder. Go stand upon
his wide speedway and see the hap
py souls fit by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, Pellucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
surroundings? Nearly a
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom |
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers beckOning, as it were, to those
with rod and reel; her bosom fieck-
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 1ubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muFlet. and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his floundering 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 tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormoad bridge to Ponce Park
light house, then say whether the
Halifax isn't a thing of beauty and
a JOY forever, and one of tine modern
wonders.
The EnohantinsIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
| Ridgewocd avenue is upon the crest
|
flies and the wide spreading branch
rs of the heavy-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 troptc seas
j fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white she'll street one has
the impression of fairy path with
>fasn draperies, but as you move
alOng and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
/ See the glistening leaf Of the grand
magnolia which nature has vanished
us no artists brush ever could; anG
the cabbage palms with their burdens
Of SNOWY fruit and swayimg palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
lite belry; see the climbing vines
run riot in the trees; see the cryp
'ogs mons 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 a
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one of Daytoaa's attra ctions
perhaps, commands more nearly uni
versal attention and praise than doe!
the artistic cottages. The owners O
these charming villas hail from ever,
corner Of the country and they brins
their own architectural plans anc
build upon them, and, as the archi
secure of one section of the country
differs from the architecture OF an
other SO do our homes differ il
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another. There arr
no monotonous rows Of strikingly
similar build ugs but the eye, as il
sweeps by, is treated to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the mine
wondering, What next?"
1t is not only the exterior of man,
Of rhes9 homes which rivets atten
ton; wrb 7 they are models of con
yenience, and the finishing and furn
iShlng give evidence of the elegance
and cultivation of those who WORKED
it all out. Indeed, it is the interior
arrangement and artistic furnishing
and shading, more than the exterior
appearance that gives a SURPRISING
charm to Daytona homes. This fea
ture justly merits prominence as an
other wonder.
Streets and Pavements the Mos
III and Best.
Why the Architect of the Univers,
chose to give Daytoua the most ad
mirable, the most picturesque natura
setting Of all the cities Of the Soutl