The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-24

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one of Daytonas orownlng so |
- i her ncomprahze 49, mol.
- uIko - ever set foot upon 1tsl
noosh. poelned saiil1s: 10 O. 40 4
rver pedale< : bicycle over -
,nnpc: 10 one Who ever drove :
uunncinx paar Of horses and listen
"a 70 the popping Of ther steel shoes
upon ~ asphaltum-like fAce: no onel
Mo ever steered ! high p0wec au-
t0mubiia down the broad stretch o.
and surfpacked sand
bus realized <hnt 4 p . world beat
a. wor1 d<wonder. Go stand upon
thix Vide speedway and see the hap
~ souls nft b. IN joyous mood. and
nnswer whether this = not one of !
the seven modern wonders
The Placid. Pe,Iucid halifax River.
Where think you Is water with morel
picturesque SURROUNDINGS? Nearly 81
mile vide. fringed with tropical vegel
t1tiOn, artistic cottages with rOOmy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
E1mey food fishes in countless num-
berz beckOning. as it were. TO those
with rod and reel; her bosom fieck-
ed with duck and coot and SNOWY
winged sea birds, which sit about as
Il for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muIIet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his noundering load he
sna<ched from the water
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, with hampers and lockers
bulgsng with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for 2 cruise upon Ih
beautiful surface Take OFT your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormoad bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism. thing OF beauty and
a JOY forever, and one OF the modern
wonde.s-
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
| RidgewOCG avenue Is upon the creS
of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
IS Of .iie heayy-trunked live oaks ex
| tend their giant arms across the mag
nificenI vista, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
Ioons OF Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them Looking straight aheal
down this EnF-e shell street one Ia:
the impression OF q fairy path witt
-hSn draperes, but as you move
sFong and cast an eye first 20 Lhe
right and then TO the left you Sea
distinguished cottage homes IN tbs
most delightful settings.
See The giistening leaf OF the grams
magnolia which nature has varnishe4
rs 10 artists brush ever could; ans
the cabbage palms with their burden
OF snowy fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with rs exquis
tie be1ry; see the climbing vine
s-ln riot IN the trees; see the cryl
sogamoZs forms which gain q foos
hold On the grea oaks and ssatet
pains, and surely you viii JOIN :
Iae chorus and say that this IS
I world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty of Our cotsag
Homes.
No one Of Daytoaa's attractions
perhaps, commands more nearly III
Fersal attention and praise than doc
the artistic cottages. The owners {
these charming Villas hail from ever
corner IF the country and they brin
their own architectural plans an
build upon them. and, as the arch
lecture OF one section OF the eountr
differs from the architecture OF a.
other 50 do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur;
beauty from one another. There z,
no mono-Olous rows OF striking
similar build gs but the eye, as
sweeps By. IS treated TO kaleidt
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering, What next?''
Il IS no. only the exterior OF man
OF cheSe homes which riyets artel
ton; w1sb.E they are models OF CO.
yenience, and the finishing and fur
ishing give evidence Of the elegans
and cultivation Of those who worke
lit al out. Indeed, it is the nteris
arrangement and artistic frnishir
and shading. more than the exteris
appearance that gives a surpassiI