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

BY l. c. oEMAREE.
One Ut Daytona's GROWING glo-
rias Is her Incompatible beach. No
one who has ever set foot upon It's
smooth. packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
pansl: NO one who ever drove q
pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumltke 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 a world beat
er. a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
by souls fit 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 al
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation. artistic cottages with ro0my
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
beers beckOning. 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 ole
white headed pelican pouch 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
bullying with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
| glass and sweep the river from
| Ormold bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: a thing of beauty and
joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantinsIy Picturesque Ridge
| wood.
RidgewOOd 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.
nificert 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 fairy path with
olfisn draperies, but as you move
aaong and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
See tho glistening leaf of che CRANE
magnolia which nature has vanished
as no artists brush ever could; ant
the cabbage palms with their burden!
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
|
ite berry; see the climbing vine:
run riot in the trees; see the cryp
'OE,a mons forms which gain a foot
hold On the great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join il
the CHI orus and say that this is ;
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottaq'
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attractions
perhaps. commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners Q
these charming villas hail from ever
corner Of 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 ar
other so do our homes differ il
outward appearance and structur;
beauty from one another. There ar
no m0notonous rows Of strikingl
similar buildings but the eye. as
sweep by is treated to a kaleidt
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering. "What next?"
! 1t j. no. only the exterior of man
OF these homes which rivets after
| ton; w'rh.c they are models of col
| venience. and the finishing and fur1
~ r.