The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-09
by L. c. DEMAREE.

BY L. C. DEMAREE.
One of Daytona.s GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. mol
one who has ever set foot upon its
smooth. packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
pans; no one who ever drove a /
pTancing pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlike face; no one
who ever steered high-power au
| tomobiie down the broad stretch of
| wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is a world beat
| er, wogld-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls fli1 by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIIucid Halifax River.
/ Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege
| tation, artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers reckoning, as it WERE. TO those
with rod and reel; her bosom fleck-
ad with duck and coot and snowy
winged sea birds, which sit about as
if for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muElet, 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
s a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
!. The EnchantineIy Picturesque Ridge
II wood.
8 Ridgewood avenue is upon the cres
: of broad ridge, straight as the crow
= flies and the wide spreading branch
es of the heayy-trunked live oaks ex
5 tend their giant arms across the mag
Il nificent vista, forming an arch ana
g from these extended arms great fes
5 toons Of Spanish moss sway as thu
y trade winds from the troplc sea-
9 fan them. Looking straight ahea,
B down this white she'll stneet one ha
y the impression of fairy path Will
9 atfasn draperies, but as you NOV
along and cast an eye first to tht
right and then to the left you SCI
q distinguished cottage homes in tn
y most delightful settings.
G See the glistenng leaf of the gran
3 magnolia which nature has varnishe
y as no artists brush ever could; an
g the cabbage palms with their burden
3 of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
: see the lovely holly with its exquis
9 lite belry; see the climbing vine
q run riot in the trees; see the cryI
!: 'osa mons forms which gain foo
hold on the great oaks and saatel
= palms, and surely you will join
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottag
Homes.
No one of Daytona $ attra ction.
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
tecture of one section of the countI
differs from the architecture of a.
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There a.
no monotonous rows of striking
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by, is treated to a kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mil
wondering, What .next?"
1t is not only the exterior Of mar
Of HheS9 homes which riyets ate
ton; W1'b4E they are models of CO
venience, and the finishing and fur
ishIng give evidence of the elegan
and cultivation of those who works
it ali out. Indeed, it is the fnteri
arrangement and artistic furnishi1
and shading, more than the exterf