The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-10
By L. C.. DEMAREE.

BY L. 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 a bicycle over its ex-
pans1; no one who ever drove
pranciag pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltumlfke face; NO one
who ever steered a hig'h-power au-
tomobi;e down the broad stretch Of
wave-washed and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is a world beat
er, a world-wonder. Go stand upon
this wide speedway and see the hap
py souls flit by in joyous mood, and
answer whether this is not one of
the seven modern wonders.
The Placid, PelIucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
picturesque surroundings? Nearly
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
il for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his faoundering load he
snatched from the water
See the beautiful launches. spick
and span, with hampers and lockers
tulging with refreshments, both solid
} and liquid, ready for cruise upon tn
beautiful surface. Take out your field
glass and sweep the river from
Ormond bridge to Ponce Park
\ light house. then say whether the
Halifax ISM. thing of beauty and
a joy forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
RidgewOCd avenue is upon the ores
of 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
3 nificei1t VISTA, forming an arch, ant
from these extended arms great fes
toOns of Spanish moss sway as the
!, trade winds from the tropic sea:
s fan them. Looking straight aheat
down this white shell street one ha
the impression of a fairy path will
ohasn draperies, but as you move
Wong and cast an eye first to the
right and then to the left you see
s distinguished cottage homes in thu
most delightful settings
> See the glistening leaf of the gran
magnolia which nature has varnshe
as no artists brush ever could; an,
the cabbage palms with their burden
Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
fte be;ry; see the climbing vine
I ,un riot III the trees; see the cryp
!. os,a mons forms which gain foot
| hold III tie great oaks and Scatel,
| palms. and surely you will join IL
| The chor 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 I'm
| versal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners {
these charming villas hail from ever
| corner Of 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 strikingl
similar build ugs 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 rheSe homes which rivets attel
ton; With. they are models Of co
venience, and the finishing and fur
iShing give evidence Of the elegan(
) and cultivation Of those who worke