The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-16

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o1ne No ~ ever 81 fo0t upon
non1Il packed sands; 10 ooe Who'll
ever pedaIed bicycle over - ex-
4 no one who ever drove = /
neing pair of houses and listen
"a u. he popping of their steel shoes
upon It's asphaltum-lfke face; no one
Who ever steered highp0wer au-
tnancbfie down the broad 4tretch OF
wGve-washed and surf packed sand
but realized chat It 5 world beat
H, q woYid-wonder. Go stand upon
this vile speedway and see The hap
py souls fldt BY 81 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 al
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic c0ttages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
ganey food fishes in countless num-
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 lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muTlet, 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 cruise upon th
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormond bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax len. thing of beauty and
| a JOY forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantineIy Picturesque Ridge
/ wood.
i RldgewoCd avenue is upon the crest
of a 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
nificent VISTA. forming an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
tOOns of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white she'll street one has
the impression of fairy path with
1fasn draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings
q See the glistening leaf of the grand
magnolia which nature has vanished
as no artists brush ever could; and
! the cabbage palms with their burdens
Of Snowy fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
lite berry; see the climbing vines
run riot in the trees; see the cryp
'oga mons forms which gain a foot
hold On tie great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join in
the 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 doe!
the artistic cottages. The owners O
these charming villas hail from ever.
corner of the country and they bring
their own architectural plans ant
build upon them. and, as the archi
lecture of one section of the countr.
differs from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ il
outward appearance and structure
beauty from one another. There ar,
no monotonous rows of strikingl,
similar build .ugs but the eye, as j
sweeps by. is treated to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the min,
wondering. what next?"
It is no. only the exterior of man,
OF nhsse homes which rivets atten