Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-20
HRS. TENER HAPPY
In RELEASE FROM
OFFICIAL LIFE
Wife of Ex-Governor Re
CARDS Experience as First
Lady as Pleasant Incident,
but Likes Domesticity.

s'My four years at Harrisburg were
merely an incident in my life-a very
pleasant incident, It is true-but now that
they are over am looking forward to
living In Philadelphia for the first time
with a great deal of zest and antlcipa-
ton"
The very attractive woman who was the
First Lady Of Pennsylvania, and who to-
day In simply Mrs. John X. Tener, smiled
D radiant smile, which showed the case
with which she had taken the step FROM
wife OF the Governor and mistress of one
OF the most spacious mansions In the land
20 plain citizen, with compact little
neven-room apartment as her domain, and
Il wouldn't have taken q very keen OBJ
server to note that II she was a su-
premely happy woman this time four
years ago, when her husband acoeded to
the gubernatorial responsibilities, she was
no less so this morning.
Surrounded by a conglomerate collection
of trunks, packages, boxes, electric wires,
baggage men and electricians. to say
nothing of new maid Mrs. Tener, IN her
apartment at the Maidstone, seemed just
in the element she liked best and fixing
things up according to her own good
taste.
"I'm an exceedingly domestic person"
che said earnestly, and the little apron
frocis and her sleeves rolled high added
conviction to the statement, though for
four years my domesticlty has been al
most stultifed, because when one has
nine servants to keep In motion and
big mansion to oversee, in addition TO
the thousand and one social duties that
Governors wife is called upon to per-
form, there is little time to indulge ones
fondness for the household tasks dear to
every woman's heart.
'sOf course, there's no use denying that
FIN going to miss Harrisburg at first.
We made great many friends up there,
and contrary to our three years in
Washington, where many people seemed
not quite sincere and more or less work.
ing for their own ends. those whom we
came to know best at the Pennsylvania
capital were real disinterested frlends
and not persons who simply wanted to
know US because we were Governor and
Mrs. Tener.
There are only few dlsagreeable
things that a Governors wife has to
contend with. and the office-seeking per-
son and he who wants her to use her
influence with her husband to get some
bill through are among the most obnoX-
aous, but the many. many delightful
features of the position entirely over
shadow such unpleasant ones.
1T expect we will have good times here
this winter. I'm tremendously fond of
dancing" she patted the piano player
ct her side, land even though the apart
ment is small, I think / will be able to
manage to clear the place out for many
O little Informal dance. Naturally, we
have great many friends here. and.
taken all in all, I am sure that 1 am
not going to pine over the Executive
Mansion AS / said before. Harrisburg
was merely a pleasant incident. 1 shall
remember 1t kindly. Yesterday Mr.. Tener
left harrisburg for Chicago to be present
at the big baseball suit. Next week he
will come here, and by that time l shan
have this cute little apartment all fixed
up. We are going to be very happy here,
lam sure"