The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-02
BY L. G. DEMAREE.

BY L. g. OeMARees
One OF Daytona's GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. No !
Dne who has ever set foot upon It's
smooth. packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
pans1; no one who ever drove
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
and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is world beat
err, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py 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
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers reckoning, as it were, to those
with rod and reel; her bosom fleck-
cd 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 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
bulging with refreshments. both solid
and liquid. ready for a 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: a thing of beauty and
a joy forever. and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
+ wood.
Ridgewocd avenue Is upon the cres
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
nificert vista. forming an arch. ant
from these extended arms great fes
toons Of Spanish moss sway as The
trade winds from the tropic sea-
fan them. Looking straight aheas
down this white she'll street one haI
the impression of a fairy path wjtl
.fsn draperies, but as you NOV,
Wong and cast an eye first to thu
right and then to the left you SET
distinguished cottage homes in tn
most delightful settings.
See tho glistening leaf of the gran
magnolia which nature has varnishe
as no artis''s brush ever could; an
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its eXqUis
lite berry; see the climbing vine
run riot in the trees; see the cryI
'Os. mols forms which gain FOOT
hold IN tie great oaks and s1atel
palms, and surely you will join i
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottas
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attraction.
perhaps. commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners (
these charming villas hail from ever
corner If the country and they brin
their own architectural plans an
build upon them. and, as the arch
lecture of one section Of the countI
differs from the architecture Of a.
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There a.
no m0notonous rows of striking
similar buildings but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleid
scOpic change which keeps the mil
wondering, What next?"
1t IS nor only the exterior of mar
OF these homes which rivets ate
ton; w'.h.c they are models Of co
! venience. and the finishing and fur
: iShing give evidence Of the elegan
] and cultivation Of those who work,