The Washington times., 1936-07-16
MOTHER OF II,
INMARATH0N,
HAS ENOUGH
BY FRANK CHAMBERLAIN

TOR ON TO, July 16.-MrS.
Alice Timleck's entry in the
Charles Vance Millar "Stork
Derby" consists of 10 healthy,
bright children.
But as Ethel Barrymore used to
Say in an old play, That's all
there is, there isn't any more. -"
For after bringing II babies into
the world, Mrs. Timleck, an
acknowledged leader in the $780,.
900 maternity marathon, has taken
her stand with the advocates of
birth control and has announced
that she will not have any more
children. But the 10 children born
to her since october 81, 1926
(when Charles Millar died have
all been registered, she says, at
the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
And that is required to comply
with the terms of the will.
This 37-year-old Irish Canadian
mother, interviewed today in her
-Sumach Street home of IL rooms,
said:
I'm not saying I'm leading
the contest, and I'm not build
ing castles in the air. If I'm
lucky enough to win part of
the Millar estate, l shall be
very thankful. My husbands
ambition is to build a home in
Smiths Falls, Ontario, where
he was born, and raise our IA
living children there. Rural
life is far better for growing
boys and girls, we think"
And you ought to see the Tim
-leck family sitting around their
dinner table. The youngest is a
10-week-old baby. The eldest is
Arthur, II, who belongs to the
Canadian militia, whose eyes
beam in thankfulness that he got
a job last month.
Salary $28 Per Week
The Timlecks eat eight loaves
of bread a day. They drink five
quarts of milk a day. They use
a pound of butter a day. Yester-
day Mrs. Timleck went to the
store and bought her children IA
pairs of stockings, nine pairs OF
shoes, four shirts, four long
trousers, two Sunsuits and two
pairs of rompers, and for their
daddy four pairs of mems socks.
That shopping tour cut quite a
hole in Arthur Hollis Timleck,
sr's.. pay envelope of $28 a week,
He is mechanic.
Left an orphan when she was
very young, Mrs. Timleck started
work on a Canadian farm when
S years old. She said:
81 remember how old / was,
because 1 had just come to
Canada from Dublin. never
went to day school. What little
I know about reading and writ
ing / learned at night school
when / was older"
She was 18 years old when she
married. She laughed:
''It was too young. I've told
my eldesS girl Lucille not to
marry until she is 20. Then she
will have had time to play be-
fore she settled down."
WANTS NICE HOME
She was asked:
"HOw many children did your
mother have?"
"OnIy five. But Mr.. Tim.
leck'S mother had Is, so I guess
that's where our large family
comes from"
eff you should win part or
all of the MiIlar money, what
is the first thing you would like
to do with it?"
'I'd get a nice home for my
family. I'd give the children a
good education. I'd see that
they we're well clothed and well
fed. That's all 1 want. I'm not
greedy, but I'd love to feel that
I didn't have to pinch every
nickel we get to make it spread
around"
Nobody can say Mrs. Timleck
entered the Millar "Stork Derby
to win the half million dollars, be.
cause it was only two years ago
that the curious bequest Of the
Toronto lawyer-sportsman first
came to her notice. She already
had a good start-With eight chill
dren since 1926.
Own Their Auto
For the last six months Mrs.
Timleck has made strenuous ef-
forts to have the seven leading
mothers pool" their possibilities
of winning the half million dollars.
She has persuaded all but the
Kenneys and the Bagnatos. The
Timlecks have their own lawyer
to see that their interests in the
Millar sWeepstake are fully pro
tected.
They own their own car, too.
They are the only Protestant fam
lily in the running for the Millar
fortune. All the children attend
King Street United Church,
around the corner from where
they live, and Mrs. Timleck told
me that Rev. w. E. Wilson, the
pastor, often prays that she will
be acclaimed the winner of the
Stork derby on october 81, 1886.
10 Eligible Children
The Timleck children born
since 1926 are: Stillborn baby,
1925, a month after Charles Mil,
lar died; Frank, 1927; Grace Con.
stance. 1928; Gordon, 1929; Don.
aid. 1880; Douglas, 1881; Lillian
1882; Mildred, 1888; Gerald, 1884;