Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924

GA 263 — 16 November 1923, The Hague

Letter from Edith Maryon

Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner

Sculptor's studio, Goetheanum
Dornach near Basel, 16 Nov. 1923

Dear and esteemed teacher,

Today is much the same as yesterday: I am still tired and lazy and have a slight headache, but I hope that tomorrow it might be possible to get up for a little while. I am resting and doing very little so that I can get better faster.

A letter from Mrs. Mackenzie, she says that the opposition that was seen before Oxford has reappeared, very difficult to detect, but I will tell more. The Waldorf letter should probably appear tomorrow, but she does not expect much from it, and thinks that because of the opposition it would probably have been better last year than right now.

Miss Brown visited me yesterday. She is not satisfied with the amount of work she has been able to do in the US. She would have liked to have done more, but she has always worked and interested several people in the cause. Mrs. Neuscheller's eurythmy work seems to be popular there, and she as a personality too. She has three schools, several classes and private lessons. Mrs. Wallace is helping.

Kalähne has gone to the “Negro village” to study “Philosophy of Freedom”; she goes every week.

I am trying to be very brave and to move forward. I suppose this is the beginning of public speaking – that is, speaking as a teacher. I hope you find the Dutch more alert than people elsewhere, and that you are satisfied with the work there.

Warmest regards

Edith Maryon