The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-07
~ 4. G. De MAREE.


rfes Ii her incomparable beach. mol
one who he's ever set foot rpon It's
smooth. packed sands; NO one who
ever pedaled q bicycle over its ex-
pansl no one who ever drove a
pEancing pair OF horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered q high-pOWer au-
tomobfie down the broad stretch Of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
butt realized chat It ls a world beat
er. world-w0nder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
Ply souls flit 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 al
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-I
tation, artistic cottages with roOmy
veraddas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers beckUning, aus 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
if for The sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muTlet, 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
bullying with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
| Ormold bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
i wood.
Il Ridgewood avenue is upon the crest
of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch.
es of he heavy-trunked live oaks ex.
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificerlt 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 fairy path with
afasn draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eve first to the
: right and then to the left you see
J distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf of the CRANE
s magnolia which nature has varnishet
: as no artists brush ever could; ant
the cabbage palms with their burdens
) of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
5 lite berry; see the climbing vines
3 run riot in the trees; see the cryp
!. 'oga mons forms which gain a foot
hold on the great oaks and STATED.
: palms, and surely you will join il
the chorus and say that this is
Il world wonder for beauty.
81 Surprising Beauty of Our Cottag
II Homes.
| No one of Daytona's attractions
perhaps, commands more nearly un
U versal attention and praise than doe
q the artistic cottages. The owners {
these charming villas hail from ever
corner Of the country and they brin
1 their own architectural plans an
| build upon them, ands as the arch
8 lecture of one section of the countr
II differs from the architecture of a.
Ii other so do our homes differ
| outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There a.
y no monotonous rows of striking
+ similar build ugs but the eye, as
III sweeps. by, is treated to a kaleid
II scopic change which keeps the mil
IL wondering, What next?"
Ill 1t is nor. only the exterior of mar
o OF these homes which rivets ate
III ton; w,'h.E they are models of CO
IL venience, and the finishing and fur
III ishfng give evidence of the elegan
II and cultivation of those who work,
= it all out. Indeed, it is the interi
n arrangement and artistic furnishil
IL and shading, more than the exteri
| appearance that gives surpassil
| charm TO Daytona homes. This fe
u ture justly merits prominence as a
q other wonder.
II Streets and Pavements the Mo
and Best