The Rudolf Steiner Archive

185a

on the back of no. 185

Dr. Steiner

May I also ask you to kindly inform Ms. Kisseleff that I would also like to consider “Woe, woe, thou hast destroyed her” ⁹⁴ But then the funeral march should be practiced ⁹⁵ no longer in the pentagon, but in the form that was given for it and that Mitscher signed for Savitch. It is calculated for one or more. - If the games are taking place in Schaffhausen on the 16th, could a performance not take place in Dornach on the 14th or 15th to bring in some money? I will need every evening from the 18th for rehearsals.

M. St.

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• 94. From Goethe, “Faust” Part 1. Study II, Chorus of Spirits (invisible).
• 95. from “Songs without Words” Op. 62, No. 3 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy.

185b

To Rudolf Steiner in Dornach,
Wednesday, December 12, 1923

Since Muck explained to me that it is not possible to calculate what a German employee receives per month for all sorts of reasons, I have initially thought of the future fee in francs in this way. Both Miss Mücke and I do not care if Miss Tolch comes; so if it is less difficult because one less person comes, please proceed accordingly. Today I want to tell Tolch to keep her apartment, and Mücke will also do so for Rath-Schmidt as a subtenant.

Back page:

Dr. Steiner from M. Steiner with best regards.

186

To Marie Steiner in Berlin
Thursday, December 13, 1923

Dornach, December 13, 1923

My dear Mouse!

Many thanks for the telegrams. We have everything we need for eurythmy; so we want to give the two plays here tomorrow, Friday: Paradeisspiel and Christigeburtspiel. Then on Saturday there will be a rehearsal in Schaffhausen and on Sunday a performance. I am concerned that you have so much to do in Berlin. But now you will be back soon. There will be an almost overwhelming rush here at Christmas. The book shed has been started; and everything possible must be done to get it ready in time. I think it will hold 135,000 books the size of “The Philosophy of Freedom”. That will suffice for the time being.

At the Goetheanum, I have begun to publish my memoirs ⁹⁶ I will arrange for it to be published as a book here by the Philosophisch-Anthroposophischer Verlag as soon as the advance copy has taken effect as an announcement. After the second or third article, I will emphatically put a stop to it and only publish further messages in the 'Goetheanum' as excerpts from the later book; but in such a way that the printed sentence can be used. I feel as if I have left the earth by writing this biography. But I think I can contribute a great deal of spiritual material to the later chapters, where the 1880s and 1890s come into consideration, which will supplement what is in the books and cycles. So far, only the first paragraph has been printed (1st-5th year); the second (3rd-8th year) is being printed today.

Now, I can only make a decision about the payment terms and the number of books for Rath once I have seen the publisher's books. Walther is writing a synopsis about Möcke keeping the apartment and asking whether I agree with it. It's impossible to say anything about this without hearing the little bit of bureaucracy that Walther writes in convoluted sentences. I am worried that this will cause you even more trouble.

The Emanuel books can either only be taken or burned. I don't know what's inside. Because I haven't even opened them, let alone read them.

The M.E. things can be stored under some kind of secure lock at Selling. They should not be taken away. It is scary for me to leave them behind, but it has to be that way.

You do not need to take the future issues with you, because I will probably have no need in this life to read the few valuable essays in the various years; but they should not be discarded, but

sold second hand. Until recently, they were paid for very expensively. And now, until we meet again soon.

Kindest regards, Rudolf

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• 96. “My Life's Journey”, which appeared in weekly installments from December 9, 1923, to April 5, 1925, in the weekly journal “Das Goetheanum”. First edition published in 1925 by Marie Steiner.

187

Telegram from Dornachbrugg to Marie Steiner
Postmark: Berlin W30 13.12.23 11V (Thursday)

Assume Monday Stuttgart. Trip Sunday evening Schaffhausen – Stuttgart. Tuesday we can be in Dornach. Do not sell future issues. Antiquarian bookseller sold them. They were recently sold at a high price second hand.

188

Telegram from Dornachbrugg to Marie Steiner
Postmark: Berlin W30 12/14/23 11V (Friday)

Please reply immediately and let me know whether I should wait until Tuesday for ^{97Marie Steiner traveled to Stuttgart during the night from Monday to Tuesday and met with Rudolf Steiner there. On Thursday the 20th, they traveled together to Dornach, where the Christmas Conference began on the 24th.}. Kind regards, Steiner

189

For Marie Steiner, March 14, 1924.

190

For Marie Steiner, March 15, 1924

191

Telegram from Dornachbrugg to Marie Steiner, Nuremberg, Deutscher Hof
Postmark: May 20, 1924

Would like to know how to proceed; sending forms to the next town. Very warm greetings, Rudolf Steiner

192

To Rudolf Steiner, in Paris Wednesday, May 21, 1924

Nuremberg, May 21, 1924

L. E. Now we have left Ulm behind us. As we arrived, there was a lot of military music, parades, flags, and arches with “Welcome Grenadiers” written on them. I was a little worried, but everything went off fairly well. The theater was almost full, which is said to be extremely rare. The applause was met with hisses when it started a second or third time. Thanks were given twice. As a result, the only pieces to receive a third round of applause with a repeat performance were the little prelude by Chopin and the “Nixe Binsefuß”! ¹ The program does not completely satisfy me. I am now trying to give it more lightness by putting the “Sträußchen” between the last two allegri, where Ilse [v. Baravalle] changes clothes for a long time. De Jaager even went along with it in a friendly way after she lost her mermaid. She used to make a fuss about the little bouquet too. — The Grave is not very perfectly executed by the heaviness of Schuurman,² who, incidentally, deigned to say in the dressing room that she would now start working again: until now, her stubbornness had prevented her. Savitsch is behaving properly — he is taking part in all the car trips, hopefully they will suit him. They are very long, of course, but very beautiful. Sitting in the front is very good for me — the wind is very warm and seems to clear the windpipe. On Sunday, it blew away my little Dornach throat pain. On Monday, during the performance in Ulm, I froze to death and it came back, but it blew away again on the long journey yesterday. If I hadn't had the long dress rehearsal immediately afterwards at 8:30 in the evening, maybe my neck would have stayed okay too; now it's really nasty today. -— But mares ³ has a fever and a sore throat, Mitscher even thinks he has jaundice. He is with members; if it gets worse, he wants to go to the hospital. Should we send him home when he is able to travel – that is the question. Today a Mr. Schenk will read. The Ulm critics have treated us well so far. I wish I could hope that you are not doing badly. Thank you for the promised forms. Warmest regards and all the best for Paris.

Marie

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• 1. Poem by Eduard Mörike. The posy: poem by Goethe.
• 2. Maria Ina Schuurman, née Bayer (1894-1977), member since April 1914 in Koblenz, eurythmist in Dornach, married to Max Schuurman.
• 3. Jan Adriaan mares (1890-1948), from Holland, musician, studied together with Max Schuurman at the conservatory in Cologne, both became members in February 1911 in the branch of Mathilde Scholl. From 1914 until his death, he was a composer and conductor and a brilliant co-worker of Marie Steiner. He performed various stage roles under the direction of Rudolf Steiner. He later also became a stage designer: in 1928 for the 1st and 2nd Mystery Dramas, and in 1937 for “Faust”. Various compositions, especially for 'Faust' and the funeral music for Rudolf Steiner. Member of the Rudolf Steiner estate administration.

193

To Marie Steiner in Eisenach
Thursday, 22 May 1924

Dornach, 22 May 1924

My dear Mouse,

I am very pleased to have heard good things about the performances in Ulm and Nuremberg. Hopefully you are doing well, and the hardships are not too great. Here the office calls up and passes on what you send about Stutens illness. I am sorry to hear that. Hopefully it won't be too much of a problem; it should always be possible to find someone to read my comments, which are printed in the “Goetheanum”, if there is no Waldorf teacher or other able member who can be called upon to say a few introductory words. ⁴

I have had an extremely busy time here since Sunday. Yesterday I had to go to Solothurn to personally submit the construction plans for the new Goetheanum to the government councilor of the building department. The councilor was actually quite friendly and accommodating; we can hope for the best if the Heritage Society, to whom the plans must be submitted, does not object. Well, we'll just have to wait and see.

Today I'm going to Paris. Hopefully everything will go well there. Except for my stomach, which is always the same grumpy patron, but otherwise everything here is going well.

I now have all the poems, including the Sister Helene,⁵ designed. I could not yet finish only two small things that you gave me typed out. I hope that I will be able to manage these too. I have now given everything to Miss Bauer to sign off and have instructed her to send you the text and forms to Eisenach. I hope that you will receive them soon while you are still on your travels.

In the meantime, this is Dr. Röschl ⁶ arrived to lead the Youth Section. A board meeting that we held Tuesday '/211 at night had only the further determination of the class members as its content.

So I send you the very best thoughts for the rest of your journey, especially for your health.

With all my heart, Rudolf.

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• 4. Introductory words to a eurythmy performance, published in “Das Goetheanum” vol. 3, no. 7, September 23, 1923 (now in GA 36).
• 5. Sister Helen, English poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
• 6. Maria Rösch! (1890-1969), a member since December 1920 in Vienna. From 1921 teacher at the Free Waldorf School in Stuttgart. 1924-1931 head of the Youth Section at the Goetheanum. Later married to Ernst Lehrs.