The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-21
By c. pEMAREE.

6V Gs ~ IL HuHAGGs
One Of Daytona's cuoEnlng gIo-
ries is her Incompatible beach No
one who ever set foot upon its
smooth, 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 70 the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomobile down the broad stretch OF
wavewashed and surf-packed sand
but realized that il is a wOrId-beat-
ct. a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this 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, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think yoa Is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly q
nile VIDE. fringed with tropical yege-
tauou. artistic cottages with -roomy
Eerandas looking out upon her bosom,
gsmey food fishes in countless mum
beers reckoning, as i were, 10 those
xith 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 fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his foundering load he
snatched from the water.
See the beautiful launches. spick
and span. their hampers and lockers
bulging with refreshments both solid
and liquid ready for a cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your fiel
glass and sweep the river from
Ornondg bride 70 Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax isn't a thing Of beauty and
q JOY forever, and one OF the modern
wonders.
The EnchantinsIy Picturesque Ridge
weed.
RidgewoOd avenue is upon the crest
Of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branches
Of the heavy-tTunked live oaks ex-
tend their giant arms across the mag
vista, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes-
rO0us Of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one has
the impression OF z fairy path with
elfish draperies, but as you move
along and cast al eye first 10 the
right and then 70 the LEFT you see dis
cottage homes n the most /
settings.
See the glisteDing leaf Of the grand /
which nature has vanished +
As 10 artists brush ever could; and Z
he cabbage palms With their burdens
II SNOWY fruit and swaying palms;
Ice the lovely holly with lis exQuis-
Il berry; see the climbing vines
I'd not u the trees: see the cryp- +
ogsno1s forms which gain q foot
odd OF the great oaks and stately
.alns. and surely you vii join il
he chorus and say that this Is
-o-id wonder for beauty /
Beauty Of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one O. Dayto1a's attractions.
erbaps, connGnds more nearly uni
e-sal attention and praise than does
-e artistic cottages The owners Of
less charming villcs hail from every /
1-rer Of the country and they bring
le-C Own architectural plans and
--6 upon them, and. as tbs archi- :
-ctu-e Of one section Of tbs country Z
-tte-s from the architecture Of 8noth-
2, 50 do our homes differ II outward 9
7pea-aoce and structural beauty froE
IL another. There are 10 monoto-
DIS rows Of sr-ikilgly similar build
Is but the eye, as i sweeps BY. Is &
Gated 70 q kaleidoscope change -
l-ch keeps the mind wondering.
What next"
L : not Only The exterior Of many
ths=e homes which -lve,s a--eu- ?.
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