The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-03
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One Of Daytona's cruwnmg glo-
'ries IL her incompatible beach. No
one who hay ever set foot upon 1ts |
smooth. packed sands; mo one who
ever pedaIed q bicycle over It's ex-
panss: no one who ever drove 2
prancing pair OF horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon Its asphaltum like face; no one
who ever steered high-power au-
tomobfie down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
butt realized that it Is a world beat
er, world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
Ply souls fit by in joyous mood. and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIIucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly a
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege
tation, artistic cottages with roomy
n
gamey food fishes in countless num-
pers reckoning, 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
ID for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that ubberly 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
0rmoad 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 EnchantineIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgewoCd 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 witch
ahisn draperies, but as you move
along 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 its exquis
lite belry; see the climbing vines
run 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
;uhe 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 OF
these charming villas hail from every
corner IF the country and they bring
their own architectural plans and
build upon them, and, as the archi
lecture of one section of the country
differs from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ in
outward appearance and structure
beauty from one another. There are
no monotonous rows of strikingly
similar build ugs but the eye, as il
sweeps by, is treated to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the minC
wondering, What next?"
1t is no. only the exterior of many
OF these homes which rivets atten
ton: w,uh,E they are models of con
venience, and the finishing and furn