THE IDEAL SUITE 



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sectioned, leaded, bayed window with arched head, to ceiling height, 

 its delicate tracery of design showing through lacy curtains that 

 break the glare of the eastern sun. 



On the north side of the dining room, midway between floor and 

 ceiling, leaded casements light the little den reached from a 

 back stair landing practically in the same way as in Stonehenge, 

 making a wide musicians' balcony. Over the dining room mantel, 

 high in the brick chimney, is a niche with leaded design in clear glass, 

 where rare bric-a-brac can be displayed. 



The Ideal Suite. 



Croftleigh had one especially large double bedroom with five 

 exclamation points exclamations synonyming view, size, glorious 

 sunshine, air, and acme of comfort. When visitors crossed its thresh- 

 old, it was only a question which point was voiced loudest or first. 

 This room extended the entire width of the house some fifty-five feet 

 and faced the south, with an horizon view of hill, vale, meadow, 

 and Long Island Sound, fringed in the distance by the sand bluffs 

 of Oyster Bay. The eastern outlook embraced vineyards, orchards, 

 sloping hillside, flower and vegetable garden, field and pasture land, 

 and the details of husbandry that make for joy as well as utility in 

 country living, while on the west, barring a couple of extensive 

 country homes, lay a wilderness of forest and stream, with broad 

 vistas beyond. 



In the boudoir portion of this ideal room, separated by grille and 

 column from the main room, was a generous fireplace. The bedroom 

 end connected with a completely appointed tiled bathroom and a 

 sleeping porch 8x 15 faced the southwest. The fourth compass point 

 was compassed by a projecting bay. 



CLIFFMOXT. 



