The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-10

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- Z. {. uEaa4REE.
One Of Daytona's browning glo-
|ries is her ncomparable beach. No
one who hag ever set foot upon IT,
smooth, packed sands; no one who
ever pedaled bicycle over it's ex-a
pans< no one who ever drove q
puancing pair Of horses and listen
ed TO the popping 81 their steel shoes
upon Its asphaltum like face: no one.
who ever steered' a high-power au-:
tomobiie down the broad stretch. of
wave-washed and surfpacked sand
but realized chat it Is world beat
er. 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. PeliLcid 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 beckoning, aus 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
ID for the sport of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
muIlet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his houndering 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 and sweep the river from
Ormoad 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 EnchantingIy Picturesque Ridge
wood.
4 RldgewoGd avenue is upon the creS
of a broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of he heavy-trnnked live oaks ex
tend their giant arms across the mag
nificeslt VISTA, FORMING an arch, and
from these extended arms great fes
ToOns of Spanish moss sway as the
, trade winds from the tropic seas
fan them. Looking straight ahead
down this white she'll street one has
the impression of a fairy path with
nRasn draperies, but as you move
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 the glistening leaf of the grand
magnolia which nature has varnishet
as no artists brush ever could; anG
the cabbage palms with their burdens
of Snowy fruit and swaying palms
see the lovely holly with its exquis
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run riot in the trees; see the cryp
! ''oga mons forms which gain a foot
hold on tie great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join in
: THE chorus and say that this is a
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 every
corner Of the country and they bring
their own architectural plans an6
bufld upon them, and, as the archi
lecture of one section of the countr,
differs from the architecture of an
other so do our homes differ in
outward appearance and structural
beauty from one another. There arr
no monotonous rows of strikingly
similar build ugs but the eye, as il
sweeps. by. is treated, to a kaleido
scopic change which keeps the mine
wondering, What next?"
1t Is not. only the exterior of many
OF these homes which rivets atten
ton; within they are models of con
venience, and the finishing and furn
ishlng give evidence of the elegance
and cultivation of those who worked
it all out. Indeed, it is the interior
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