MY LADY IN THE CHIMNEY CORNER

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 81, 29 December 1934, Page 17

MY LADY IN THE CHIMNEY CORNER

A golden key for a cottage! It seems a queer thing to make, although, of course, golden or silver keys are often made for the ceremonial opening of great public buildings. The cottage in question has become <l public building. It has been bought by public subscription and turned into a tiny museum. Thousands of people have read about it in Dr. Alexander Irvine's famous book, "My Lady of the Chimney Corner.” My Lady was his mother. In this poor cottage in Pogue’s Entry, in the little town of Antrim, Dr. Irvine was born, and the book tells how the family fared. The child who learned so much

in the chimney corner came back the other day, a man of TO, famous as an author and preacher, to see his birthplace transformed into an Irvine museum. Distinguished people were present, an admiring crowd smiled on tneir famous countryman, and it was then that Dr. Irvine was given a golden hey. No doubt he will take back pleasant memories to his new home in California. But, standing by the cottage, how he must have wished the key were an iron one, and he a boy in a shabby coat, and his mother waiting for him in the chimney corner!