The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-17

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- & her lsc rable bsac1 No
one Who Has even set foot upcn ~
moe packed sands; no one mo
svef 30 aIed bicycle over It's ex-
ps|1sx no one who ever drove = IS
prancing pair Of horses and listen
I'd Il the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaItuml like face; no one
who ever steered high-power au-
tomobfie down the broad stretch Of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized chat it b q world beat
en-. g. 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 I
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 beckoning. as it were. to those
with rod and reel her bosom fleck-
ed with duck and coot and snowy
winged sea birds, which sft about as
il for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch fat
muIlet, 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 refreshme both solid
and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Qrmold bridge to Ponce Park
Halifax ism. thing of beauty and
/ a joy forever, and one of the modern
4 wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
Il wood.
II Ridgewood avenue is upon the crest
of broad ridge, straight as the CROW
files and the wide spreading branch
) es of he heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent 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 she'll street one haI
) the impression of a fairy path Will
ahasn draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to tht
right and then to the left you SET
distinguished cottage homes in tn
most delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf of the gran
s magnolia which nature has varnishe
as no artists brush ever could; an,
3 Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
5 lite berry; see the climbing vine
!: run riot in the trees; see the cryI
g .oga mons forms which gain fool
s hold on the 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 attraction
perhaps, commands more nearly un
!, versal attention and praise than doe
| the artistic cottages. The owners I
| these charming villas hail from ever
| corner of the country and they bin
/ their own architectural plans an
build upon them, and, as the arch
i lecture of one section of the countl
i differs from the architecture of a
u other so do our homes differ
4 outward appearance and structur
II beauty from one another. There a
Il no monotonous rows of strikin g
4 similar build ugs but the eye, as
j sweeps. by, is treated to kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mil
| Wondering aWhat ppyt2n