Great White - Face The Day

Gertrudis Müller, in the marriage of Baums, lived in a neighboring house, decorated with a fearsome figure of the Moor in a feather skirt. It was at Frau Gertrudis that the party was held over the christening: the woman in labor was too weak to take care of the holiday herself. Johann didn’t even take her to church, although there was nothing to go - around the corner to the next street. Perhaps that is why the church scribe mixed up the name of the boy’s mother. All the neighbors knew her as "Mrs. Lena." So I wrote down Elena instead of Magdalena. The baby was so screaming when he was sprinkled with holy water, that it was difficult to hear the name of his mother.