The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-03
sv L. c. DEMAREE.


BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One OF Daytona's GROWING glo-
ries il her Incompatible beach. NO
,, one who has ever set foot upon It's
smooth. packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled q bicycle over it's ex-
panse; no one who ever drove
pranciag pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-lfke face: no one
who ever steered a hfgh-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 flit by in Joyous mood. and
answer whether this is not one of
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 rO0my
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
il for the sport of bobbing upon the
! waves: watch that Mbberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
4 upward with his floundering load he
I snatched from the water.
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span. with hampers and lockers
, tulging with refreshments, both solid
) and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
3 glass and sweep the river from
s Ormoad bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: thing of beauty and
s a JOY forever. and one of the modern
, wonders.
q The Enchantingiy Picturesque Ridge
s Ridgewocd avenue is upon the cres
3 of broad ridge. straight as the crow
9 flies and the wide spreading branch
es Of The heavy-trunked live oaks ex
= tend their giant arms across the mag
q nificerat vista, forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
q ICONS Of Spanish moss sway as the
). trade winds from the tropic seas
y fan them. Looking straight aheat
down this white she'll street one ha!
G the impression of a fairy path with
8 ohisn draperies, but as you move
q Along and cast an eye first to the
g right and then to the left you SEE
8 distinguished cottage homes in tn,
z most delightful settings.
9 See the glistening leaf of the gran,
Is magnolia which nature has varnishe,
- rs no artists brush ever could; an,
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of shOwy 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
'osa mons forms which gain a foot
hold On tie great oaks and stated
palms, and surely you will join il
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
r Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottag
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attractions
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
q their own architectural plans an
build 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
beauty from one another. There al
no mOnotOnous rows of striking
similar buildings but the eye, as
. sweeps by is treated to a kaleid'
scopic change which keeps the mir
wondering. what next?"
1t - no. only the exterior Of mar
~ OF these homes which rivets atte
: ton; w,uh.E they are models of CO
- venience. and the finishing and fur
- ishing give evidence Of the elegan,
e. and cultivation Of those who workt
~ it all out. Indeed, it is the interi,
arrangement and artistic furnishil
and shading. more than the exteri,
appearance that gives a surpassi1
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