The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-02-01
~ l. G. pemAREE.

moolh, packed sands; NO one who
tver pedaled q bicycle over it's ex-
)ans.; NO one who ever drove a
pair Of horses and listen
ID to the popping Of their steel shoes
,pon its asphaltum-like face; no one
who ever steered a high-power au-
,Omobi;e down the broad stretch OF
and surf-packed sand
but realized that it Is a world beat
or. 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, Peilucid Halifax River.
Where think you is water with more
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
if 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 flOundering load he
snatcheu from the water
See the beautiful launches, spick
and span, with hampers and lockers
bullying 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
| wOnde.s.
The EnehantinsIy Picturesque Ridge
| wood.
| RidgewoCd avenue is upon the crest
Of broad ridge, straight as the crow
flies and the wide spreading branch
es of The heayy-trunked live oaks ex-
| tend their giant arms across the mag.
nifice;1t 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 shell street one has
the impression of a fairy path with
,Ifasn draperies, but as you move
elong 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 CRANE
magnolia which nature has Vanished
as 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
ite berry; see the climbing vine:
,un riot in the trees; see the cryp
.Oga mons forms which gain foot
hold On the great oaks and stately
palms, and surely you will join il
THE chorus and say that this is {
world wonder for beauty.
Surprising Beauty Of Our cottag
Homes.
No one of Daytona's attra ctions
perhaps, commands more nearly un
yersal attention and praise than doe
the artistic cottages. The owners c
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
other SO do our homes differ i
outward appearance and ssstructur;
beauty from one another. There al
no moHotWous rows of strikingl
similar build ugs but the eye, as
sweeps by. is treated to kaleid'
scopic change which keeps the mir
wondering, What next?"
/, 1t is no.. only the exterior of mar
(; Of nheSa homes which rivets ate
ton; w,.b.E they are models of co
venience. and the finishing and fur
: ishing give evidence Of the elegan,
y and cultivation Of those who work,
it all out. Indeed, it is the interi
arrangement and artistic furnishil
and shading, more than the exteri
appearance that gives a surpassil
charm to uaytona homes. This fe
ture justly merits prominence as a
other wonder.
Streets and Pavements the Mo
and Best.
Why thu Architect of the Univer
chose to give Daytona the most q
mirab,e, the most picturesque narul
setting of all the cities Of the Sou
y is no. revealed, but that such is