The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-09

y 1. c. DEMAREE.
one Of DaYtonas crowning slo-
ries Is her ncomparabfe beach. mol
one who has ever set loot upon is
smooth. packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled bicycle over It's ex-
pansS; no one who ever drove q |
prancing pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon Its asphaltum,lfke face; no one
who ever steered q high-p0wer an-
tumobiie down the broad stretch OF
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it b a world beat
er, woYid-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, Pellucid 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 sit about as
if 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
1 snatched from the water
4 See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, with hampers and lockers
bulging with refreshments. both solid
, and liquid, ready for a cruise upon TIA
J beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormond bridge to Ponce Parl
light house. then say whether the
Halifax isn': thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enehantingy Picturesque Ridge
WoOQ.
= Ridgewood avenue is upon the cres
of broad ridge, straight as the croy
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, ans
from these extended arms great fes
toons of Spanish moss sway as tn
s trade winds from the tropic sea
fan them. Looking straight ahea
3 down this white she'll street one ha
5 the impression of fairy path witt
9 afasn draperies, but as you NOV
8 aaong and cast an eye first ito tn
right and then to the left you Sc
distinguished cottage homes in tn
9 most delightful settings.
B See the glistening leaf of the gran
y magnolia which nature has varnishe
9 as no artists brush ever could; an
8 the cabbage palms with their burden
y Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
g see the lovely holly with its exqui
o tte berry; see the climbing vine
x run riot in the trees; see the cry
g 'os,a mons forms which gain a foo
8 hold on the great oaks and S1atel
palms, and surely you will join
- dhe chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
= Surprising Beauty of Our cottae
Homes.
No one of Daytona'S attraction
perhaps, commands more nearly III
= versal attention and praise than do
| the artistic cottages. The owners
| these charming villas hail from eve
corner Of the country and they bril-
| their own architectural plans al
i build upon them, and. as the arcl
i lecture of one section of the count
Il differs from the architecture OF a
Il other so do our homes differ
n outward appearance and structul
81 beauty from one another. There a
81 no monotonous rows of striking
q similar build ugs but the eye, as
81 sweeps. by, is treated to a kaleiC
81 scopic change which keeps the mi
II wondering, What next?"
81 1t is not only the exterior of ma
il of thesa homes which rivets atte
Ri ton; w1th.I they are models OF CT
venience, and the finishing and fu
81 ishing give evidence of the elegar