Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 18 January 1922, Hildesheim

Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Sculptor's Studio, Goetheanum,
Dornach near Basel, January 18, 1922

Dear and honored teacher,

Mrs. Drury-Lavin visited me in the studio today. She says she has just received a telegram with the news that an invitation has been sent to you. There are no further details for the time being. She was very unsure whether she should go to Mannheim to discuss various matters with you and Dr. [Marie Steiner], but she finally came to the conclusion that it would be better to go home immediately and talk to Mrs. Mackenzie about possibly putting together a program, and then to write, or if it should seem necessary, to come back here at the beginning of February. Whether she will actually do this after further reflection, I do not know at the moment!

There is a lot of excitement here because of Mr. Stuten's attack of influenza; he is in the clinic, but I don't think he is doing badly, but whether he will be able to play soon...?

We have a lot of snow, and alternately foehn wind and more snow, so that the view is almost always the same, over a snow-covered landscape, and the icicles are constantly falling onto the studio roof.

I was not present – but I hear that the lecture at the Bernoullianum was well attended, with a good discussion afterwards; sensible questions were asked and answered.

I am quite grateful that everything went well in Munich. I also feel uncomfortable about Frankfurt, but I very much hope that you did not have any inconvenience there. I hope to hear that everything went well and that you neither caught a cold nor had vocal fatigue? And that you are not overtired?

I am fine, I am just wondering how I could make money - out of nothing - to get a ticket to England, etc.! My best hope would be to sell an old piece of art and cover my costs that way, but it's not that easy.

Best regards

Edith Maryon