The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-18
By L. G. DEMAREE.

BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One OF Daytona's GROWING glo-
'ries is her Incompatible beach. No
one who has ever set foot upon fts
smooth, packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
pans1: no one who ever drove
pranciag pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlfke face: no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomobi;e down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
burt realized that it is world beat |
er. world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls flic 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
picturesque surroundings? Nearly al
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation. artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers beckUning. 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
u 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 floundering load he
snatched from the water.
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span. with hampers and lockers
tulging with refreshments. both solid
} and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormond bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax isn': a. thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge.
wood.
81 RidgewOCd avenue Is upon the creSt
: Of broad ridge. straight as the crow
, lilies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heavy-trunked live oaks ex
I tend their giant arms across the mag
3 nificent VISTA. forming an arch. and
5 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 ha:
. the impression of fairy path with
8 ,lfisn draperies, but as you move
Wong and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
s distinguished cottage homes in thu
& most delightful settings.
3 See the glistening leaf of the gran,
q magnolia which nature has varnshet
. as no artists brush ever could; ant
: the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
! see the lovely holly with its exquis
tte berry; see the climbing vine
: run riot in the trees; see the cryp
'osa mons forms which gain foot
hold IN tie great oaks and S1atel,
| palms, and surely you will join il
The chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottag
Homes.
No one Of DaytOna's attra ctions
perhaps. commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners {
these charming villas hail from ever
corner Of the country and they brin
their own architectural plans an
build upon them. and, as the arch
lecture of one section Of the countr
: differs from the architecture of al
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur;
beauty from one another. There al
no monotonous rows CT strikingl
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to kaleid,
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering. ''What next?"
i, 1t is no. only the exterior of man
r Of these homes which rivets atte
ton; w,Ih Z they are models Of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
ishing give evidence Of the elegant
p and cultivation of those who worke
} it all out. Indeed, it is the interit
arrangement and artistic furnish1
and shading. more than the exteri.