The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-04
8v L. e. OEMAREE.

BY L. Q. De MAN66s
One OF Daytona's GROWING .glo-
rfes is her Incompatible beach. No
pne who has ever set foot upon it's
smooth, packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
pans,: no one who ever drove a
pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlike face; no one
who ever steered high-pOwer au-
and surf-packed sand
butt realized that it is world beat
er, a 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, 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:h her bosom fleck
ed with duck and c0Ot and snowy
winged sea birds, which sit about as
il for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch. that tubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a 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
bulging with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for a cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormoll 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 Enehanting'y Picturesque Ridge
|
RidgeWoCd avenue is upon the creS1
Of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heavy -truEked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent VISTA. forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one ha:
the impression of fairy path with
,Ifasn draperies, but as you move
Wong 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 glisten;ng leaf of the gran!
magnolia which nature has warn she,
as no arts brush ever could; ant
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
lite berry; see the climbing vine
run riot in the trees; see the cryp
! osamoas forms which gain foot
hold on tie great oaks and sratel.
palms, and surely you will join il
The chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottaq
Homes.
! No one of DaytOna's attra ctions
! perhaps. commands more nearly un
| versal attention and praise than doe
| the artistic cottages. The owners {
| these charming villas hail from ever
| corner IF the country and they brin
! their own architectural plans an
| Luild upon them, and, as the arch
| lecture of one section Of the countr
! differs from the architecture of al
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
no mon otOnous rows Of striking
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mil
wondering. What next?"
1t is no. only the exterior of mar
Of rhoSs homes which rivets ate
ton; w,'h.c they are models Of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
ishing give evidence of the elegan,
, and cultivation of those who worke
it all out Indeed, it is the interi,
| arrangement and artistic furn ishil
| and shading, more than the exteri
! appearance that gives a surpassir
charm to Uaytona homes This fe
ture Justly merits prominence as a