The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-20
ev L. c. DEMAREE.

BY L. C.. DEMAREE.
One OF Daytona's 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
pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
tomobiie down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand j.
burt realized that it is a world beat
er, a worldwonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls flie by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one Of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PelIuctd 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 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
II 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 floundering load he
snatched from the water.
i 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
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 Enchantingly Picturesque Ridge.
wood.
ST RldgoWOCG avenue is upon the creS1
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heavy-trunked live oaks ex
7 tend their giant arms across the mag
nificert vista. forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
4 toOns of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
8 fan them. Looking straight aheaG
3 down this white shell street one ha:
} the impression of fairy path with
: .fisn draperies, but as you move
Wong and cast an eye first to the
) right and then to the left you see
s distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
3 See the g]istening leaf of the gran,
magnolia which nature has varnshe,
= rs no artists brush ever could; ant
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
J iun riot in the trees; see the ciyp
! 'osamons forms which gain foot
! hold On tie great oaks and Scatel,
| 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 attra ctions
perhaps, commands more nearly I'm
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
tuild 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 mon otonous rows of strikingl
similar build .ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleidt
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering, What next?"
| 1t is no. only the exterior of man
OF these homes which rivets atte
ton; w,'.h.c they are models of CO.
, venience, and the finishing and fur
ishing give evidence Of the elegant
:, and cultivation Of those who worke
} it all out. Indeed, it is the interit
arrangement and artistic furnish1
and shading, more than the exteri,