The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-06
BY L. c. OEMAREE.

BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One Uf Daytona's GROWING 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 its ex-
pans: no one who ever drove a
prancing pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlike face: no one
who ever steered a high-pOwer au-
tomobiie down the broad stretch of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is world beat
er. 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
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid. Peilucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly a
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-
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 cd
white headed pelican pouch a IA
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
| upward with his faoundering 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
OrmOAl bridge to Ponce Park
Halifax ism: a thing OF beauty and
JOY forever, and one of the modern
wonders
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgewOCd 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
nlficent VISTA, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes-
tOOnS Of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the trop:c seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one has
the impression Of fairy path with
'fSn draperies, but as you move
'Vong 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
as no artists brush ever could; and
the cabb tge palms with their burdens
II snowy fruit and sWaying pal,us
see the lovely holly with its eXuuis-
|
,un RIOT III the trees; see the cryp-
, oAamJns forms watch gain foot
hold Oh tie great oaks and stately
palms. and surely you will join in
| une 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 does
the artistic cottages The owners of
these charming villas hail from every
corner Of the country and they bring
their own architectural plans and
build upon them. and, as the archi-
differs from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ in
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another There are
no monotonous rows of strikinsly
similar building but the eye, as it
sweeps by is treated to kaleido-
scopic change which keeps the mind
wondering, What next?"
1t is nO- only the exterior of many
OF uheSe homes which rivets atten-
ton; w',h.E they are models Of con.
venience, and the finishing and furn
ishing give evidence of the elegance
and cultivation Of those who work ed
1t all out. Indeed, it is the interior
arrangement and artistic furnishing
and shading, more than the exterior
appearance that gives a surpassin e
charm TO uaytona homes This fea
ture Justly merits prominence as an
other wonder.