The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-25
ex L. c. peMAREE.

BY L. e. 0EMAREE.
One OF Dayto0A's crowHfng g1o-
ries is her Incompatible beach. Mol
one who has ever set foot upon ID
umooth. packed sands: no one who
sver pedaled . bicycle over It's ex-
pansl; no one who ever drove q
pranciag pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-lfke face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomobf;e down the broad stretch Of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that It Is a world beat j
er, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls flit by in joyous mood. and
answer whether this is not one Of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, Pellucid 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 beck0ning. 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
4 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 faoundering 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. chen say whether the
Halifax isn': thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enehantinsiy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgewOOd avenue Is upon the cres
of a broad ridge. straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of ,llc heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificert VISTA. forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
to0ns OF Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
tan them. Looking straight aheat
down this white she'll street one ma
the impression of fairy path with
>hisn draperies, but as you move
atong and cast an eye first to The
right and then to the left you sex
distinguished cottage homes in tn,
most delightful settings
See the glistening leaf of the gran
magnolia which nature has varnishe
as no artists brush ever could; an,
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
ite belry; see the climbing vine
run riot in the trees; see the cryI
'osamoils forms which gain a foot
hold IN the great oaks and Scatel
palms, and surely you will join il
the CHI orus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottaa
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attraction
perhaps. commands more nearly I'm
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners I
these charming villas hail from ever
corner of the country and they brin
their own architectural plans an
build upon them. and, az the arch
lecture of one section of the count,
! 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 Of striking
similar build ugs but the eye. as
sweeps by 10 treated to a kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mil
wondering. what next?"
1t - no: only the exterior Of mar
OF these homes which rivets ate
ton; w,'Ih.c they are models Of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
ixhfng give evidence Of the elegan
; and cultivation Of those who work,
it all out. Indeed, it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furnishi1