The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-15
ev 1. c. DEMAREE.

BY L. c. DEMAREE.
One OF Daytona's GROWING glo-
'ries is her Incompatible beach. No
one who has ever set foot upon it's
smooth, packed sands: no one who
ever pedaled a bicycle over its ex-
pansS: no one who ever drove a
pranciag 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-
tomobi;e 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
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 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 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
u for the sport Of bobbing upon the
/ <11. hot G,,hh N1H
white headed pelican pouch fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his f1oundering load he
snatched from the water,
il 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. a thing of beauty and
a JOY forever, and one of the modern
wonders.
The Enehantingly Picturesque Ridge
I'll wood.
RidgewoCd avenue is upon the cres
of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of '!le heavy-trunked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
, nificent VISTA, forming an arch, an(
from these extended arms great fes
toons Of Spanish moss sway as the
trade winds from the tropic sea!
fan them. Looking straight aheat
down this white shell street one Ia
the impression of a fairy path Will
oIfisn draperies, but as you mov'
right and then to the left you SET
8 distinguished cottage homes in TIL
g most delightful settings.
5 See the glistening leaf of the gran
& magnolia which nature has yarnishe
= 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
ite berry; see the climbing vine
i run riot in the trees; see the cryl
! 'Osa nous forms which gain foo
hold IN tie great oaks and S1atel
palms. and surely you will join i
The chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
j Surprising Beauty Of Our cottag
Homes.
No one of DaytOna'S attraction
perhaps, commands more nearly un
verSal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners
these charming villas hail from ever
corner IF the country and they brir
;. their own architectural plans al
build upon them. and. as the arch
| lecture of one section Of the COUNT
differs from the architecture of a
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty FROM one another. There a
no mOnotOnOus rows Of striking
similar build ugs but the eye, as
: - SsS7U> Oy IL JIedLGu 10 d hblSlU
scopic change which keeps the mil
wondering. What next"
1t is no. only the exterior Of maj
: Of these homes which rivetS attic
ton; w,h.c they are models Of CO
venjence, and the finishing and fur
= ishing give evidence OF the elegan
ri and cultivation Of those who work
y it all out Indeed. it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furnish
and shading, more than the exteri
appearance that gives a surpassi
charm TO Daytona homes. This Il
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