The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-28
Nv 1. c. pEmAREE.

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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-
pansl: no one who ever drove a
pranciag pair Of horses and listen
ed to the popping Of their steel shoes
upon its asphaltum-like 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
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
picturesque surroundings? Nearly al
mile wide. fringed with tropical vege-
tation, artistic cottages with ro0my
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
Il for the sport Of bobbing upon the
waves; watch that lubberly old
white headed pelican pouch a fat
mullet, and that fish hawk struggling
upward with his laundering 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 EnehantingIy Picturesque Ridge
81 RidgewOOd avenue Is upon the crest
of broad ridge. straight as the crow
} flies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heavy-trunked live oaks ex-
4 tend their giant arms across the mag.
: nificent VISTA. forming an arch, and
4 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 fairy path witch
ofasn draperies, but as you move
q atong and cast an eye first to the
3 right and then to the left you see
81 distinguished cottage homes in the
& most delightful settings.
3 See the glistening leaf of the CRANE
q magnolia which nature has varnishe,
Q rs no artists brush ever could; ant
the cabbage palms with their burden
+! Of SNOWY fruit and swaying palms
! see the lovely holly with its exquis
lite berry; see the climbing vine
I ,un riot in the trees; see the cryp
.Osa mons forms which gain foot
hold IN tie great oaks and soatel.
palms, and surely you will join il
the chorus and say that this is
world wonder for beauty.
r 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
> these charming villas hai1 from ever
corner If the country and they brin
d their own architectural plans an
Lujld upon them. and, as the arch
- differs from the architecture of a.
other so do our homes differ
outward appearance and structur
beauty from one another. There al
no monotonous rows of striking
similar build u&s but the eye, as
sweeps by is treated to kaleid
scopic change which keeps the mil
wondering, what next?"
1t is nor only the exterior Of maj
r OF these homes which rivets ate
ton; w,.h.c they are models Of co
=. venience. and the finishing and fur
. ishing give evidence Of the elegan
e and cultivation Of those who work
y it all out. Indeed, it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furnishi1
and shading. more than the exteri