The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-23
BY L. c. DEMAREE.

BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One Of Daytona's browning 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-
pansS; no one who ever drove q
pranciag 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-
tomobi;e down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that It Is a world beat
er. a woYld-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, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic cottages with ro0my
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 Mbberly cd
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
tulging 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 Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
Ridgewo0d 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.
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 ahead
down this white she'll street one has
the impression of a fairy path witch
oHisn 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 the glistening leaf of the grand
magnolia which nature has vanished
rs no artists brush ever could; and
the cabbage palms with their burdens
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
Ute berry; see the climbing vines
,'1n riot in the trees; see the cryp
.oga mons forms which gain a foot
hold On tie great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join in
the chorus and say that this is a
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottage
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attractions
perhaps. commands more nearly uni
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The.owners o
these charming villas hail from ever,
corner Of the country and they brin,
their own architectural plans ant
tutld upon them. and, as the archi
lecture Of one section Of the countr,
DIFFERS from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ II
outward appearance and structure
beauty from one another. There ar
no mon otonous rows of strikingl,
similar build: ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering. what next?"
! 1t is no.: only the exterior Of man
! OF these homes which rivets atteu
| ton; w,'h.c they are models of COZ
! venience. and the finishing and furr
| i(hiuO rive oviAonco