The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-23

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BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One Of Daytona's GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. No
one who has ever set foot upon its
smooth. packed sands; NO one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
pansl: no one who ever drove
prancing pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its azphaltum-lfke face: no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomobiie 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
py souls fit by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIlucid 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 beckOning, 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
il for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat |!
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his Laundering load he
snatched from the water.
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, with hampers and lockers
bullying with refreshments. both solid
and liquid, ready for a cruise upon tn
| beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
OrmO1d bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: thing of beauty and
wonders.
The Enchantingly Picturesque Ridge
RidgewOCG avenue is upon the crest
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es 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 she'll street one has
the impression of a fairy path with
>fisn draperies, but as you move
aQOng and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished 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-
lite berry; see the climbing vines
,un riot in the trees; see the cryp-
'Oga mons 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.
Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one Of Daytona's attractions
perhaps. commands more nearly uni
versal attention and praise than does
the artistic cottages. The owners u
these charming villas hail from ever,
corner Of the country and they bring
their own architectural plans anC
build upon them, and. as the archi
lecture of one section of the countr.
differs from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ il
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another. There ar.
no mOnotonous rows of strikingl,
similar build ngs but the eye. as i
sweep< by. is treated to kaleido
scOpic change which keeps the min,
wondering. What next"
1t is no.: only the exterior Of man.
OF these homes which rivets atten
ton; w,'h.c they are models Of con
venience, and the finishing and furn
ishing give evidence Of the eleganc
and cultivation Of those who works
1t all out. Indeed, it is the interiO
arrangement and artistic furnishin
and shading. more than the exterio
appearance that gives surpassin
charm TO Daytona homes. This fea
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