The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-09
Nv L. c. pEMAREE.

One OF Daytona,s GROWING glo-
'ries Is her incompatible beach. NO
one who has ever set foot upon tts
smooth. packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
pansc: no one who ever drove a
pranciag 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, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls f]ir by in joyous mood. and
answer whether this is not one OF
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, Pelluctd 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 beck0ning, 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
4 for the sport Of bobbing upon the
waves: watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch fat
murlet. 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 tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
!, glass and sweep the river from
OrmO1d bridge to Ponce Park
!, light house. then say whether the
, Halifax ISM. a thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
Ridgewocd avenue is upon the cres
of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of 'he heavy-trurked live oaks ex
I tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent VISTA, forming an arch, anG
from these extended arms great fes
4 tOOns of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic sea.
4 fan them. Looking straight aheat
3 down this white shell street one ha
} the impression of a fairy path Will
3 ,Ifasn draperies, but as you NOV,
, aNong and cast an eye first to th<
5 right and then to the left you SET
distinguished cottage homes in tn,
most delightful settings.
) See the glistening leaf of the gran
s magnolia which nature has varnishe
= as no artis''s brush ever could; an
the cabbage palms with their burden
| see the lovely holly with it's exquis
lite berry; see the climbing vine
! run riot in the trees; see the cryl
! oga mons forms which gain a foot
! hold IN tie great oaks and scate
| palms, and surely you will join il
| THE chorus and say that this is
| world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottag
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attraction.
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
| 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 mon otonous rows of striking
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to a kaleid'
scopic change which keeps the mir
wondering. What next?"
/ 1t is no. only the exterior of man
OF these homes which rivets atte
ton; w,'.h.c they are models of CO.
venience, and the finishing and fur
ishing give evidence Of the elegant