The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-20
BY L. c. pEMAREE.

BY 1. G. DEMAREE.
One Of Daytona's GROWING glo-
ries is her Incompatible beach. No
one who has ever set foot upon its
smooth. packed sands; NO one who
ever pedaled q bicycle over it's ex-
panse; no one who ever drove q
p1ancing 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-
tomobtie 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
Ply souls flit by in joyous mood. and
answer whether this is not one Of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PeIIueid 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 beckOning, 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
co. 80 h0h ~,
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a 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
bullying with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for a cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass ard sweep the river from
OrmOad bridge to Ponce Park
light house. then say whether the
Halifax ism: thing of beauty and
wonders.
The EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge.
wood.
Ridg"wocG avenue is upon the crest
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of he heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
| v,Srs
from these extended arms great fes
toOns of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the trop:c seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one has
the impression Of fairy path with
ofasn draperies, but as you move
aQOng and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
See The glistening leaf OF the gran,
magnolia which nature has vainiShe,
as no artists brush ever could; ant
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
I see the lovely holly with its exquis
lite berry; see the climbing vine:
.'ln riot III the trees; see the cryp
.osamous forms which gain a foot
) hold Oh tie great oaks and scatel!
palms. and surely you Will JOIN il
uhe ch oIuS and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottag
Homes.
No one Of Daytona's attractions
perhaps. commands more nearly un
versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners 9
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 il
outward appearance and structur:
beauty from one another. There ar
no mOnotonous rows of strikingl
similar buildings but the eye, as
sweeps by, is treated to kaleidt
scopic change which keeps the min
wondering. What next"
1t is no. only the exterior Of man
OF these homes which rivets after
ton; w,'h.c they are models Of col
venience, and the finishing and fur
ish1ng give evidence OF the elegane
and cultivation Of those who worke
it all out. Indeed, it is the interic
arrangement and artistic furnishir