The San Francisco call., 1907-01-03
: I" BILLY" MORROW
IS DIVORCED
FolqlerCommodore Of Yacht
Club Sued In Oakland
by His Beautiful Wife
WERE NOT CONGENIAL

From the gayety Of a society we'd
ding celebrated fifteen years ago to a
4 slir.repritiOus divorce trial in Oakland
an December last swung the matrimo-
nial cycle Of William c. Morrow,
vachtsman, and his wife. who was Mary
Muller. famous rs a beauty fifteen years
ago and ever since. The couple could
r6f aeree-the husband went in for
boating. the wife for boolxish things
snd SO they secured a legal separation.
Mrs Morrow being granted an inter
locutOry decree Of divorce and The Gus
fo6y of the three children Of the union.
Gordsn. aged y; William Jr, s, and
Laurence. 5.
Il would seem a divorce of conven-
ience for while desertion on the hus-
hands part IS the legal ground given,
f has been known for some time hat
Mrs Morrow, the plaintiff. had left the
. home of her husband IN SaUsalito aud
has been living apart from him, for a
while in Santa Barbara and later with
her mother in Berkeley. When the
time for litigation came the father OF
Morrow. Robert Morrow, the mining
man. ComstOck capitalist and former
owner Of the Sutter-strect railroad,
used his influence with the Alameda
county superior Court TO have the pa -
pers in the case sealed from the prying
eyes of the public. But the tale leaked
out in spite Of sealing wax and red
tape.
CUPID WOULDN'T SAIL
Desertion. in this case. appears to
cover a multitude Of incompatibilities.
Ers. Morrow cared naught for boats
and BILLY" Morrow was equally dis
interested in b0oks-so between the IL
brarv end the deep. deep sea Cupid went
astray when the Challenger, Nor
rows fast sioop, won the cup races
* brought 10 port commodore's hat
for ITS owner. but scarcely a smile Of
approval from the owners beautiful
wife.
Mrs. Morrow's taste ran more to
rsre volumes and pleasing literature.
She could read Maeterlinck but not a.
sextant. and p coy corner in the IL
hrarx with her children about her
than e race through The spray before
fest following wind Sausalito
natiCed that rhf courses Of the couple
cid nor lay on the same tack. But IL
sai6 fttle for both the Morrows We're
fcpul5r- Bfllv." the commodore, at
the san Erancisco Yacht Club. and
afrs Morrow In the library or draw
ing room of the delightful home on
tho htll overlooking the bay toward
which Mrs Morrow's eyes did not
often turn.
RETAINED HER BEATTY
Those fifteen years Of married life
Gid not steal the beauty Of the woman.
who had been the belle Of San Fran
cisco The regular features retained
their perfection Of proportion and the
dark eyes Were as sparkling as ever
they We're only lately The masses OF
dark hair grew prematurely gray, but
the effect did not detract from the pic
Ture- The three children inherited their
mothers charm Of face
Last winter illness forced Mrs. Nor
row to 60 10 Santa Barbara-thst is, il
was reported that illness caused her to
leave the hOme-and she stayed in the
s0Ith until spring She was living in
D. Berkeley fn April and gave. all her
- energies 10 aid those who were made
destitute by the san Francisco fire
After life abOut the bay ran smoothly
again it was seen that Mrs. Morrow
had not returned TO Sausalito and then
the friends Of the couple feared that q
legal separation was imminent. But
they were told nothing, and now the
news that already the MOrrOws are
divorced viii come as a surprise
Miss Maud Muller, a sister Of Mrs
Morrow. recently. went on the stage
and has met with considerable success.
among the relatives OF Morrow rs
Adam Grant, the merchant who is an
uncle. Morrow has been engaged in
mining enterprises, but is most popu-
larry known as the former commodore
= the San Francisco Yacht Club.