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

BY L. G. DEMAREE.
One Of Daytona's crownlng gIo-
ries is her incompatible beach. No
one who ever set foot upon it's
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 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 a world beat
er, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
by souls fit by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIIucid 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 trckoning, as il we're, 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
Ormo1dg 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 EnchantingIy 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
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 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 it's exquis
tie berry; see the climbing vines
run riot in the trees; see the cryp-
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 |
Tersal attention and praise than does
he artistic cottages The owners of
.hese charming villcs hail from every
corner of the country and they bring
heir own architectural plans and
Duild upon them, and, as the archi-
ecture of one section of the country
Iiffers from the architecture Of anoth-
r, so do our homes differ in outward
and structural beauty fror
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
7hich keeps the mind wondering,
What next?"
1t is not only the exterior Of many
f thsee homes which rivets atten- 7
on; within they are models of con- I
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
Dpearance that gives a surprising
harm to DaytOna homes This fea- q
Ire justly merits prominence as an
her wonder. 3
.reets and Pavements the Most
and Best.
Why the Architect oof the Universe
lose to give Daytona the most ad- :
irable, the most picturesque natural 9