Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 27 September 1923, Vienna

Letter to Edith Maryon

Rudolf Steiner to Edith Maryon

Vienna, 27 September 1923

My dear Edith Maryon!

The first lecture went well. Last night in Dornach was quite difficult. Just as I was about to turn in, Miss Viehoff came with the news that Paul Baumgartner, a boy at our little school in Dornach who lives in the clinic, was close to death. He had been asthmatic but had recovered in the clinic. I went there by car. It was quite difficult that despite all attempts to get him to breathe again, the boy died. I then traveled here with quite a number of people from Dornach. Wachsmuth, who is a jack of all trades, managed to find an extra couchette for us during the journey. And so the first day here was actually quite good. Now the worries begin. The workers at the Volkstheater, where the eurythmy performance is scheduled for Sunday, are practicing passive resistance – they are on half-strike – and Käthe is picking me up in a few minutes to negotiate with the workers so that our performance can take place after all. We will see if they break their resistance for us. Otherwise our eurythmists would be inactive here. Warmest thoughts and hopes for a speedy recovery.

Rudolf Steiner

Vienna, Hôtel Imperial