The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-24
By L. c. pEMAREE.

BY L. c. 0EMAREE.
One Of Daytonas 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-
pansc no one who ever drove a
pranciag pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlike face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomObi;e down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is world beat
er, a wogld-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, PelIucid 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 Hbod 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
il for the sport of bObbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his faoundering load he
snatchei 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 ism: thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
Il wood.
RidgewOCd avenue is upon the cres
of a broad ridge, straight as the CROW
flies and the wide spreading branch
es Of 'ho heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificerat 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 aheat
down this white shell street one ha.
the impression of fairy path Will
,fasn draperies, but as you move
Wong and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you ses
s distinguished cottage homes in tn
Z most delightful settings.
} See The glistening leaf of the gram
s magnolia which nature has varnishe
us no arts's brush ever could; an,
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of Snowy fruit ard swaying pa..ns
see the lovely holly with its exQuis
lite berry; see the climbing vine
run riot in the trees; see the cryI
| '0samons forms which gain foot
| hold III tie great oaks and STATED
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 attractions
| 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
/ bubad 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 a,
no mOnotOnous rows of strikinsl
similar buildings but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleid,
scopic change which keeps the mir