The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-06-19
COURT IkvOKEDfOR
A SIGHT OF CHILD
Mrs. Helen Loesch Muller OBJ
tains Order From Judge Gra-
ham After Long Search

The desire to satisfy the cravings of
motherhood and hold in her arms her
first born has driven Mrs. Helen
Muller, wife of a wealthy eastern i'm
porter, from New York to San Fran
cisco, to lay aside her hard earned
happiness and for the last two months
pursue tireless hunt for her offspring.
Up to the present her search has
been fruitless. Charles Loesch. vice
president of the California baking
company, and her former husband.
who has the boy in his possession, has
effectually kept the mother and son
apart. Finally, driven to the last ex-
tremity, in opposition to every natural
inclination, she has sought the help of
the courts and obtained an order from
Judge Graham compelling Loesch to
appear June % and show cause why he
should not produce the boy.
MARRIAGE AND SEPARATION
She became engaged to Loesch in
1900. in Portland. when he was visiting
there. She was then Miss Helen Gruen-
berg, member of a prominent San
Francisco family, a talented musician.
with all the refinement and the sensi-
tive characteristics of her class. A
small woman she is, dark eyed. timid
and shrinking. Loesch is of the mas
type. Perhaps it was the law of con-
trasts or the desire of one weak to
lean upon one strong, but
They were married. At the end Of
seven years both were face to face
with the horrible fact that, try as each
might. their lives were absolutely
unsuited, and that between them there
would remain an fncompatibility of
temperament The upshot was that in
March, 1907. she secured divorce from
Loesch. There was no scandal and lit
tie trouble.
NEW HAPPINESS FOUND
Loesch failed to answer to her com
plant of cruelty and she left him. TAX
ing her two boys. One of them, Ernest
the eldest! aged years, she put in a
boarding school in San Francisco. The
other, Arthur, a chubby youngster of
5. she took east For time all went
well. Ernest progressed favorably.
She turned to her music for a liyeli-
hood, and her talent was once again
asserting itself when Muller. a
wealthy importer of New York and
Chicago. asked ner to be his wife.
They were married, but In the midst
of her newly found happiness came the
son
at the private school in San Francisco
had gone there and quietly taken pos
session of him. The mother was frantic.
She endeavored to locate the child by
correspondence, but soon saw the utter
impossibility of such a course.
SEARCH FOR THE CHILD
Her sole aim was to see the boy. ia
satisfy herself that he was in good
health. to allay the thousand fears and
anxieties of a mothers heart She had
no desire to keep him from his father
but she fought bitterly against the boy
being kept from her.
Two months ago the suspense, the
longing, the fears were more than she
could bear, and she came to San Fran
cisco to make personal hunt for her
child. And for two months she sought
did she utter against Loesch.
He is the father of my children -
she said quietly. He is probably sc-
tuated by the same feelings as / am,
Our marriage was not happy / don't
blame him. He did not understand: he
never had the advantages to under
stand. His life had been so different
from mine
Now she Is awaiting June %, buoy
ing herself with the hope that on that
date she will be face to face with her
son. Just before she was married 10
Loesch she was preparing for a concert
tour with Nine. Norelli, the prima
donna who is now singing at the Prin-
cess theater. She is pianist of excep-
tional ability, and it was planned that
she should accompany Nine. Norelli's
singing.