The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-13

byl z. DEsaANEE.
one of Daytonas crownfng xIo-
rtes Is her inoomparaRle beach. Ne
one who hay ever set fsot upoa fts
SMOOTH. packed sands: 10 oa1e who
ever pedaled ! bicycle over It's ex-
pansc: no one who ever drove q
p1ancins pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum like face; no one
who ever steered high-power an-
tompbiie down the broad sretch OF
wave-wasded and surf packet sand
butt realized that it 3 a world beat
er. q woyld-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap.
py souls fli6 by in Joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PelMcid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly a
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tati0n. artistic cottages with roomy
verandas looking out upon her bosom
gamey food fishes in countless num-
bers reckoning, 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
| if for The sport of bobbing upon the
| waves: watch that lubberly old
4 url,i laodod na1;aor no,rob cot
| mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
| upward with his noundering load he
Snaached from the water.
/ 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
0rmoad bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism. a thing of beauty and
i joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enchantingly Picturesque Ridge
Il wood.
Ridgewocd avenue is upon the cres
Of broad ridge, straight as the crow
lies and the wide spreading branch
, es of ,he 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 shell street one has
the impression of a fairy path witch
afisn draperies, but as you move
along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left y0u see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
4 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
iun riot in the trees; see the cryp
I 'oga mons forms which gain a foot
hold On tie great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join III
tine 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 does
the artistic cottages. The owners o.
these charming villas hail from every
/ corner Of the country and they bring
their own architectural plans and
burd 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 IN
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another. There are
no mUnotonous rows of strikingly
similar build :ugs but the eye, as il
sweeps by. is treated to a -kaleido
SCOPE change which keeps the min(
wondering, What next?'
1t IS not only the exterior of man,
OF nhese homes which rivets atten
ton; w,sh.I they are models Of con
Venlence, and the finishing and furn
Z nshmg give evidence of the elegancs
and cultivation of those who worked
IL all out. Indeed, it is the interior
arrangement and artistic furnishin.
and shading, more than the exterio
appearance that gives a surpassin:
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