The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-07
BY L. c. oEMAREE.

BY L. G. OEMAHees
One Of Daytona's GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. NO !
one who has ever set foot upon 1es
smoolh, packed sands; NO one VINO
ever pedaled a bicycle over It's ex-
pansl: no one who ever drove
pranciag pair of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlfke face: no one
who ever steered a high-p0wer au-
tomobiie down the broad stretch OF
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is a world beat
er, a worldwOnder. 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 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 beckUning. as it were, to those
with rod and reel her bosom fleck-
ed with duck and co0t and snowy
winged sea birds, which sit about as
il for tho sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muElet. and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his floundering load he
snatched from the water
il 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
Ormond 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 Enchantinely Picturesque Ridge
WOOo.
81 RidgewoCd avenue is upon the cres
of broad ridge, straight as the GROW
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heavy-trunked live oaks eX
tend their giant arms across the mag
nifice;.t VISTA, forming an arch, AM
from these extended arms great fes
4 toOns Of Spanish moss sway az tn,
trade winds from the tropic sea
s fan them. Looking straight ahea
Z down this white shell street one ha
) the impression of fairy path witt
5 >fasn draperies, but as you NOV
Wong and cast an eye first to tn,
3 right and then to the left you SCI
distinguished cottage homes in tn
most delightful settings.
See the glistening leaf Of the gran
magnolia which nature has warn ishe
= us no artis''s brush ever could; an
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
i, see the lovely holly with it's exqui:
lite berry; see the climbing vine
j run riot III the trees; see the cryl
| .oss mons forms which gain a foo
! hold IN tie great oaks and STATED
! palms, and surely you will join
the ch oTus and say that this is
| world wonder for beauty
/ Surprising Beauty Of Our Cottaq
AnnnAS
No one of DaytOna's attra elton
perhaps, commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than do
the artistic cottages. The owners
these charming villas hail from evel
corner If the country and they briI
their own architectural plans al
build upon them, and, as the arch
lecture of one section of the COUNT
8, differs from the architecture of a
other SO do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There a
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 these 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 work.
y it all out. Indeed. it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furn iShi1
and shading, more than the exteri
appearance that gives surpassil
charm TO Daytona homes This f