The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-11
- Z. D. aIJIRE.


One Of Daytona8 crOwning g1O-I
.i1 = her ncomparabte beach. mol
,ne Who han ever st foot upon -
umoosh, packed sands; no one whol
Wer pedaled : bicycle Over its ex-l
bank: no one who ever drove =
pzncing paif 0f horses and listen
q 70 the Popping Of their steel shoes
non its asphaltum-like face: no one
Who ever steered = hish-power au-
tomobfie down the broad stretch Of
and surf-packed sand
bus realized chat It b a world beat
er. woxld-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls f1it by In joyous mood. and
answer whether this 10 not one OF
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
surroundings Nearly q
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation. artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers beckoning. as 1t 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 Mbberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
mullet. and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his foundering 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
Qrmond bridge to Ponce Parl
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism. thing of beauty and
a Joy forever, and one Of the modern
wonders.
The Enehantinsly 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
nificent vista, forming an arch, ant
| from these extended arms great fes
toons Of Spanish moss sway as thu
trade winds from the tropnc sea.
fan them. Looking straight ahea,
down this white she'll street one ha
the impression of fairy path witt
| ehsn draperies. but as you NOV
along and cast an eye first to thu
right and then to the left you SCI
distinguished cottage homes in tn
most delightful settings.
| See the glistening leaf of the gran
magnolia which nature has varnishe
as no artists brush ever could; an
| the cabbage palms with their burden
of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exqui:
ite berry; see the climbing vine
run riot in the trees; see the cryI
'oga mons forms which gain a foo
hold on the great oaks and STATED
palms, and surely you Will join i
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty of Our Cottag
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attraction.
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
build upon them, and, as the arch
lecture of one section of the countr
differs from the architecture Of a.
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There al
no monotonous rows of striking
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by. is treated to 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; wltb.r they are models of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
ishIng give evidence of the elegan
and cultivation of those who Morkt