The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-26
BY L. c. DEMAREE.

aver pedaled bicycle over its ex-
panse: no one who ever drove a
pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping of their steel shoes
upon it's asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered high-power au-
tomobile down the broad stretch of
wave washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it is worId-beat-
er, 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, Pelucid 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 Reckoning, 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 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 a thing Of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enchantingly Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgeWood avenue is upon the crest
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the 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
| the impression of fairy path with
elfish draperies, but as you move
right and then to the left you see dis
tinguished cottage homes in the most
delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf Of the grand
magnolia 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
run riot in the trees; see the cryp
togamons forms which gain a foot
hold on the great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join i'll
the chorus and say that this is a
world wonder for beauty
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attractions
l,erhaps, comm nds more nearly uni,
versal attention and praise than does
the artistic cottages The owners oil
these charming villcs hail from every
corner of the country and they bring
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 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
venience, 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
is not revealed, but that such is a
fact must be apparent to the most