In 1910, her fourteen-year-old sister Olga persuaded ten-year-old Maria to write their mother a letter asking that Olga be given her own room and be allowed to let down her dresses.
在1910年，她14歲的姊姊奧爾加說服10歲的瑪麗亞寫了一封信給母親，要求母親給奧爾加一間她自己的房間，讓她可以擺放衣服。