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Vienna, January 16, 1921
IX., Berggasse 19
Dear friend,
Our postal strike is supposedly over, and I am able to answer your dear letter of January 6. Let's take the non-personal matters first. I am ready to notify Jankelewitsch, to whom I am writing today anyway, about Sokolnicka's arrival, and to recommend her, which probably won't do much good, since the fellow has not yet up to now sent me any demonstration of his art and has not pardoned me for a reprimand about his earlier behavior. The Verlag will send off the recommendation to Payot as soon as she has arrived in Paris. Before that it doesn't seem quite sure. But we could also send this introduction direct to you. I will talk to Rank about it. Besides, we both don't like her, whereas you evidently have a weakness for the disagreeable person.
As regards my birthday, I am depressed by the fact that it is being treated as if it were my last instead of the 65th. If I had my druthers, it shouldn't take place at all, and the Committee meeting should be handled independently of that date. Its feasibility will depend first and foremost on Jones's