landscape of extraordinary beauty and extent. One looks 
down over the balustrade as upon an entire world, so varied 
is the scene, so wide the landscape, so splendid the outlook. 
There are other points of beauty in “Deepdale,” and many 
of them, any one of which would give distinction and charm 
to a large estate; but the penetrating charm of the terrace 
view is supreme, affording as it does as fine a natural spectacle 
as can be found in Long Island, a view of wonderful extent 
and of quite transcending beauty. 
Notwithstanding that the later additions to the house have 
greatly extended its original dimensions, so that it has become 
a dwelling of some size, both the exterior and the interior 
bespeak a home of exceeding comfort. This, in truth, is the 
real quality of the house, a quality not the least dimin- 
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April, 1906 
and the stairs are built in a semicircle. The chief rooms 
open from this. None of these are great in size, as might 
be expected in dwellings so large as this one; but they are 
manifestly ample for their purpose. The drawing-room, 
whose prevailing color is red, is richly supplied with the 
abundance of furniture that is generally characteristic 
of such rooms. The dining-room is of a very beautiful 
simplicity, the walls paneled throughout and the rich, but 
not deep, cornice supported by pilasters. The color is 
French gray, which lends itself so well to any scheme of 
decoration. 
Natural beauties of a very unusual sort abound in ‘“‘Deep- 
dale.” Success Lake is itself a pearl without price, and when 
finally brought within the scheme of the estate it will be an 
The Prevailing Color of the Richly Furnished Drawing-Room Is Red 
ished by the splendor of the surrounding grounds, but 
rather heightened by them, since both house and land 
are delightful expressions of pleasure in country life and 
ownership. 
The interior of the house is, therefore, characterized by a 
quiet simplicity. he entrance corridor is a broad and spa- 
cious apartment running the full length of the center of the 
house and brilliantly lighted by the great windows which form 
the chief feature of its exterior. The interior, which is painted 
white, is completely trellised to the ceiling. The floor, of hard 
wood, is raised several feet above the entrance door by steps 
which rise on each side. 
A second corridor or hall runs through the center of the 
house to a door that opens onto the porch overlooking the 
great inner terrace. ‘The walls are green, the wood white, 
added source of pleasure. The valley below the terrace is 
another spot of rarest beauty, and there are many others of 
scarcely less interest. Mr. Vanderbilt’s idea has been to create 
a great park. His land is much too large to be devoted to 
farming purposes, which is an industry carried on here on a 
somewhat restricted scale. But the land has appealed to him 
as a park, and its natural qualifications render it admirably 
adapted to park development. Its woods and vales, its hills 
and ravines, its varied surface, all readily lend themselves to 
park development. The park, indeed, is here naturally and 
without need of creation; but development is required; the 
various parts need to be co-ordinated; good roads are neces- 
sary for communication and that the points of natural beauty 
may be reached. Avenues of trees perhaps call for planting 
in the working out of a concerted scheme; the roadways 
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