The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-19
BY l.. c. DEMAREE.

BY L. e. 0eMARSE.
One " Daytona,s GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. No
pne who has ever set foot upon its
smooth, packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
pansl; no one who ever drove a
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 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 fit 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 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 coot and snowy
winged sea birds, which sit about as
if tor The sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberlv old
white headed pelican pouch fat
mullet, 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
and liquid, ready for cruise. upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormoad bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax isn': 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 The heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificent VISTA, forming an arch. ani
from these extended arms great fes
tOOns Of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them. Looking straight aheat
down<this white she'll street one ha.
the impression of a fairy path witf
>hisn draperies, but as you NOV,
aQOng and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you SEE
distinguished cottage homes in tn
most delightful settings
See the glistening leaf of the gram
magnolia which nature has varnishe
rs no artists brush ever could; an,
the-eabbage palms with their burden
Of sshoNy fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely belly with its exquis
lite be:ry; see the climbing vine
.'ln riot in the trees; see the cryL
: 'osa mons forms which gain foo,
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
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
Lutld 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
beauty from one another. There al
no mOnotonous rows Of strikingl
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 mar
Of these homes which rivets attic
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 workt