[ October 22, 1948
THE SALEMITE
Page Three
Mrs. Rondthaler Writes Moravian Book;
“'Tell Me A Story” For Young Children
■fay Peirano Aiken
A book lies on my desk. It isn’t
I a textbook—the type’s too large;
it isn’t a dictionary—it doesn’t
weigh enough; it isn’t a handbook
-I can understand it. What else
I would a Salemite have just now but
la copy of Tell Me A Story by Kath-
I arine Boring (though she’s very en
tertaining) Rondthaler, Mrs. B., to
I us.
This little square book, that made
[its debut on the shelves this week,
jis a collection of seventeen short
[tales for Moravian children. Yet,
[elderly tw'enty-year-olds will find
[themselves exclaiming “Oh!” when
they open the cover. There between
the fly leaves is a burning Mora
vian candle wdth a real red tissue
[paper frill, like the Valentines that
[you used to give only to your
[“best” friends. And, although I
[should let you discover it for your-
[self, at the back there’s the candle
[again, this time burned dowm to a
[nub. The format of the book was
[designed by the author’s son, Mr.
[Edward Rondthaler. The cover is
[deep blue trimmed with the story
[titles zigzagged across the front in
[yellow; and the pages are light blue
[with black illustrations drawn by
[Mrs. Elizabeth Jerome Holden of
IGreensboro.
Mrs. Rondthaler teaches the pri-
[marv department in Sunday School
[and she has dedicated Tell Me a
[story: “To the boys and girls of
[the Home Moravian Church whose
Ibudding Christianity has been to me
Istrength and joy.” The contents
■are not fictitious in the true sense
lof the word. Seven are simplified
laccounts of .famous persons and
■events in the history of the Mora-
Ivian Church, and ten are little skits
■that wmuld appeal to children and
|still illustrate Moravian customs.
To mention but a few, we have
Inna and Peter, who lived a thou
sand years ago in the country of
[Moravia and were among the first
read from the new Bible that
dynl and Methodius translated from
[the Latin. Then came John Hus,
vlio was not afraid even of being
burned to death, and old Comenius,
kho led the Moravians to Lissa
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where the children had to hold se
cret Sunday School. Count Zinzen-
dorf we meet as Little Lutz, who
“wms a count, but he didiiT mind.”
And Leonard Dober, the first Mora
vian missionary, knew that God was
with him because he drew' a “Yes”
slip at The Lot. The Lot was a
white silk bag filled with “Yes”,
“No” and blank slips of paper, by
which the early Moravians deter
mined what wms God’s will. Other
stories are about the colored rib
bons worn by the women; bapd-play-
ing on Easter morning; Christmas
Cake Baking Day; and the Child
ren’s Love Peast on Christmas Eve,
when every boy and girl puts a
lighted candle in his window to light
the Christ Child’s way.
Undoubtedly children w'ill love
the book for these heros and ad
ventures. However, for us it has
a different appeal. Along with our
May Day programs, beeswax candle,
blue plate of Home Church and mini-
ture coffee isot, wm wdll take away
from school Tell Me a Story. Per-
hftps we ’ll read it to our children
someday, but we’ll cherish it mostly
as one more tangible reminder of
those intangible ideals and events
we associate with Salem—a heritage
for which, appropriately enough, the
author is largely responsible.
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