The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-14
By L. G. pEMAREE.

me. VINO ever SSI lOOt upOA 1lS
packed sands; no one who
aver pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
panse; no one who ever drove
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 a high-power au-
tomobile down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it is wOrId-beat-
er, 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, Pellucid 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-
bers teckoning, 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 fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his laundering load ne
snatched from the water.
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, their hampers and lockers
bullying with refreshments both soliG
and liquid ready for cruise upon t.
| 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.
The Enchantinsly Picturesque Ridge
wood.
Ridgewood avenue is upon the crest
of a broad ridge. straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branches
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 tropic seas
fan them Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one has
| % foip h
elfish draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see dis
J tinguished cottage homes in the most
delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf of the n I'd
} magnolia which nature has war; ls led
as no artists brush ever could nd
the cabbage palms with their bur ems
of snowy fruit and swaying palms;
see the lovely holly with it's exquis-
.. tie berry; see the climbing vines
} run riot in the trees; see the cryp
togamons forms which gain a oot-
/ palms, and surely you will jo in
the chorus and say that this a
, world wonder for beauty
Surprising Beauty of Our c. -tage
, Homes.
!. No one of Daytonas attractions
} eerhaps, comm nds more nearly uni
) versal attention and praise than does
! the artistic cottages The owners OF
= oIor hni
1 corner of the country and they bring
. their own architecture plans and
build upon them, and, the archi
lecture of one section OF the country
differs from the architecture of anoth
} er, so do our homes differ in outward
j appearance and structural beauty fror
! one another. There are no monoto
I nous rows of strikingly similar build
! ings but the eye, as it sweeps by, is
: treated to a kaleidoscope change
which keeps the mind wondering
D What next?"
1t is not only the exterior of many
D of thsee homes which rivets atten
: ton; within they are models of con
> venience, and the finishing and furn
J ishing 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 sIrpc esins
D charm to Daytona homes This fea
: ture justly merits prominence as an
q other wonder.
Streets and Pavements the Mos
and Best.
Why the Architect oof the 1 gers,
chose to give Daytona the 4 I ad
y mirable, the most picturesque atura
setting Of all the cities OF III Soutl