The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-02-11
BY c. pEMAREE.

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 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-Eashed and surf-packed sand
but realized that II is a worId-beat-
CT, a world-wondeT. 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
3 picturesque surroundings? Nearly a
mile WIDE. fringed with tropical vege-
tatiou, artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom,
gamey food fishes in countless mum
bars Reckoning, as il were, TO those
gith rod and reel; her bosom neck-
, ed with duck and coot and snowy
winged sea birds, which sit about as
if for the sport Of bobblng 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
5ulging with refreshments both solid
and liquid ready for a cruise upon III
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 a thing of beauty and
a Joy forever, and one Of the modern
wonders.
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgewOOd avenue is upon the crest
OF broad ridge. straight as the crow
flies and che wide-spreading branches
Of the heavy-trunked live oaks ex-
tend their giant arms across the mag
nif1cent 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
the impression Of a fairy path with
elfish draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first TO the
right and then TO the LETT you see dis
cottage homes in the most
delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf Of the grand
which nature has vanished
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 F.
run riot in the trees; see the cryp- I
forms which gain a foot (
hold on the great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will Join in
the chorus and say that this is a
world wonder for beauty
Beauty of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one Of Daytona's attractions, |.
perhaps, commands more nearly uni
7ersal attention and praise than does
he artistic cottages The owners Of
.hese charming villSs hail from every /
corner Of the country and they bring
heir own architectural plans and
build upon them, and, as the archi-
ecture Of one section Of the country
liffers from the architecture Of anoth-
II, so do our homes differ in outward
and structural beauty froT
ne another. There are no monoto-
.ous rows Of strikingly similar build
ngs but the eye, as it sweeps by, is
reated to a kaleidoscope change o.
which keeps the mind wondering,
What next?"
It is not only the exterior of many
f thsee homes which rivets atten- n
-On; within they are models Of con- p
and the finishing and furn- a
;hing give evidence Of the elegance .
nd cultivation of those who worked :
all out. Indeed, it is the interior
and artistic furnishing =
nd shading, more than the exterior 3
Dpearance that gives a surprising .
harm to Daytona homes This fea- .
Ire justly merits prominence as an
her wonder n
treets and Pavements the Most
and Best. u
Why the Architect oof the Universe =
lose to give Daytona the most ad-
irable, the most picturesque natural .
ting Of all the cities Of the South Q
not revealed, but that such is q
ct must be apparent to the most 2,