The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-25
ev L. c. DEMAREE.

5mOOLue E0CAOU S<1AOSs AV OA1S "~AO
5ver pedaled a bicycle over it's ex-
oans>: no one who ever drove a
prancing pair of horses and listen
I'd to the popping Of their steel shoes
Upon its asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au- I
tomobiie down the broad stretch of !
and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is world beat !
er, a worldwonder. 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, Pellucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
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-
cd 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
white headed pelican pouch tat
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
bullying with refreshments, both solid
and liquid, ready for d cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass ard sweep the river from
OrmoIu 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 EnchantinsIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
| RidgewOCd avenue is upon the crest
Of broad ridge, straight as the crow
lilies 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-
trade winds from the trop.c seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white shell street one has
the impression CT fairy path with
| 0IflSC drGnorjnS h1t
Along and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
distinguished cottage homes in the
most delightful settings.
See ne glistening leaf of the grand
magnolia which nature has varnishe
rs no artis''s brush ever could; and
the cabbage palms with their burdens
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms:
see rbe lovely holly with its eXuuis-
Ute berry: See the climbing vines
iun rot IL the trees: see the cryp-
'osa mons forms which gain foot
hold Oh tie great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you VIII join in
uhe chorus and say that this IS u
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 ever,
corner IF the country and they bring
their own architectural plans and
build upon them. and, as the archi
lecture of one section of the c1lntr,
differs from the architecture Of an
other so do our homes differ il
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another. There az,
no mOnotonous rows of strikingl.
similar build ngs but the eye, as i
sweeps by. is treated to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the min,
wondering, What next"
| 1t IS no. only the exterior of man.
OF these homes which rivets atten
! ton; w,'h.E they are models Of con
| venience, and the finishing and furr
: ishing give evidence of the eleganc
| and cultivation Of those who worke
| 1t all out. Indeed, it is the interio
| ARRANGEMENT and artistic furnishin
| and shading, more than the eXrerio
| appearance that gives surpassi u
charm TO Daytona homes. This fes
ture justly merits prominence as al
other wonder
Streets ard Pavements the Mos
| and Best.
| Why tho Architect Of the UniyerS
| chose 10 give Daytona the most a,
m;rab,e the most picturesque narur:
setting Of all the cities q the Sou.
; IS no. revealed, but thai such IS