The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-21
BY L. c. DEMAREE.

smooth, packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-l
panse; no one who ever drove a |
prancing pair of horses and listen
ed to 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
wave washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it is a 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, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque 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 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 floundering load he
snatched from the water.
| See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, their hampers and lockers
bullying with refreshments both solid
and liquid ready for a cruise upon tn
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
| joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enchantinsly Picturesque Ridge
wood.
Ridgewood avenue is upon the crest
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branches
of the heavy-runked live oaks ex-
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent vista, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes-
ICONS 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 fairy path with
J elfish draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see dis
} tinguished cottage homes in the most
delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf of the grand
J magnolia which nature has vanished
J as no artists brush ever could; and
! the cabbage palms with their burdens
! of snowy fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
.. tie berry; see the climbing vines
J run riot in the trees; see the cryp
togamons forms which gain foot
! hold on the great oaks and stately
! palms, and surely you viii join in
the chorus and say that this is a
! world wonder for beauty
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottage
homes.
J No one of Daytonas attractions
} l,erhaps, comm nds more nearly uni.
yersal attention and praise than does
] the artistic cottages The owners oil
] these charming villas hail from every
corner of the country and they bring
J their own architectural plans and
build Upon them, and, as the archi-
lecture of one section of the country
differs from the architecture Of anoth
er, SO do our homes differ in outward
appearance and structural beauty fror
one another. There are no monoto-
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,
What next?''
1t is not only the exterior of many
of thsee homes which rivets atten-
ton; within they are models of con-
yenience, and the finishing and furn-
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 SURPRISING
charm to Daytona homes This fea-
ture justly merits prominence as an
, other wonder
Streets and Pavements the Most
and Best.
Why the Architect oof the Universe
chose to give Daytona the most ad-
mirable, the most picturesque natural
setting of all the cities of the South