Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 18 October 1922, Hildesheim

Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Sculptor's studio, Goetheanum,
[presumably after October 14, 1922]

Wednesday.

Dear and esteemed teacher,

This morning the invitation for the eurythmists finally arrived, and I went to the consulate. It was quite difficult! He said it was not at all within his power to arrange anything for The Hague, one would have to take steps there; however, one could only do that once the ladies were already there, and that would of course be too late because it would take quite a long time. He gave all sorts of clever advice that the ladies should come from The Hague to Basel to pick up their visas in person; that passports should be sent by post, etc. It took a long time before I changed the minds of the three gentlemen, and finally he telephoned to Zurich and received permission from there to send the papers there and the visas to The Hague, where I have to pick them up in person. (Theirs are coming to Basel). The permission of the Ministry of Labor is not here yet, and I promised to send it to him immediately, and also that I would send someone to the Ministry and the Foreign Office in London. They want to inquire by telephone from Zurich.

I will also have the admiral write.

Then I wrote to the Baron to urge him on and also complained that I had been given too few details that it would have been possible to know; they are taking the matter far too lightly over there, it is actually much more difficult than they think. I also told him that he must speed things up. They have really been a bit slow; the invitation should have been here earlier and they should have started with the Ministry of Labor earlier. In all likelihood, I should travel to The Hague earlier now, only then I have to order a heated room there, and if I wait too long, they will give me something far away! It may be that if it takes too long, it will be necessary to telegraph from The Hague. Perhaps it would be a good idea to send Mrs. Fortuyn to the consulate to make a late request? Or should they wait until I arrive? You can't make a mistake because of the shortness of time.

I hope you are keeping well – in terms of health? I hope everything is going smoothly without any disruptions.

With best regards

Edith Maryon