The New York herald., 1921-04-13
TWO THOUSAND AT WEDDING
OF MISS HOMER AND MR.. STIRES
Daughter Of Operatic Singer
Becomes Bride Of Son Of
Clergyman.

Miss Louise Homer, daughter or Mr..
and Mrs. Sydney Homer. and. like hor
mother. who Is one OF the most cele-
brated contraltos among American opera
singers. a vocalist OF note. was married
yesterday in st. Thomas's Church. Fifth
avenue and Fifty-third street, to Mr..
Ernest Van Rensselaer, Stires. son OF
the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires. rector OF
the church. and Mrs- Stires. The con-
gregation was the largest that has at
tended any OF the local spring weddings
in New York and many OF the guests
also attended n reception IN the Colony
Club. Mr. Stires and his bride will
live in GIens Falls. ". r.. near Lake
George. where Mr.. and Mrs. Homer have
their summer home.
Miss Homer made her public debut as
q singer two years ago In Pittsburgh
appearing In concert with her mother.
Since then they nave frequently given
joint recitals. II is not her intention
t. abandon her profession. Guests at
the wedding learned that she will appear
again in concert next autumn. She Is
a dramatic soprano.
The wide personal acquaintance OF
the families of the couple foreshadowed a
crush at the wedding. A rule that only
persons presenting wedding cards would
be admitted to the church was observed.
The seating capacity OF st. Thomas's
Church is 1900 and two hundred more
were admitted. An additional thousand
interested persons tried In vain to argue
for admission with ten traffic policemen
guarding the front OF the church.
The seating OF that number OF persons
involved more work than the conven-
tional number OF ushers could be ex-
pected TO handle. and six of the regular
ushers OF the church were requested to
assist. The ushers of the bridal party
were Messrs " Everit Macy. Jr., OF
this city. Burnham Lewis of Ph!ladel-
phia, John u. Rochester and Henry Mex.
Erb of Buffalo. John Pickering of Salem.
Mass. and Henry L. +. Kreger of Bos-
ton, who were classmates OF the BRIDE
groom at Harvard in the class OF 1920.
and William n Milton. Jr Of Whining
ton, ". c., and William s. Gray, Jr..
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. and Arthur
Mex. Stires. brother of the bridegroom.
OF New York. The supporting ushers
were Messrs. Alexander NJ. Hadden.
John j. Watson, Jr.. George E. Fahys.
A. Rene Moen, Edwin w. Lancaster and
DR.. James w. Taylor.
Mrs Homer and her two youngest
daughters. Hester and Joy Homer. pre-
ceded the bride, who walked with her
father. Her dress was of white satin
and point lace and she carried cluster
of lilies of the valley and white orchids.
The matron of honor, Mrs. James Paul
Warburg OF this city, wore a dress OF
rose pink satin and net. The brides
maids. the Misses Anne Marie and
Katharine Homer, twin sisters OF the
bride. and Nancy and Dorothy Walker.
wore dresses Of the same material IN
lighter pink.
Mr.. Hardwick Stires was his brothers
best man.
The Rev. DR.. Stires read the service.
but accompanying him into the altar
was the Rev DR.. James y. Paxton OF
Lynchburg Va, who married Mr.. and
Mrs Sydney Homer and whose father.
the late Rev. DR.. Paxton. married the
parents of Mrs. Homer.
Among those present were Mr.. and
Mrs. Wade Hinshaw, Mr.. Giovanni Mar
tinelii OF the Metropolitan Opera. Mrs.
Martinelli. Mr.. and Mrs. Heinrich Meyn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Rogers, Mr.. and
Mrs Carl Stoeckel. Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Schclling. Mr.. Herbert Witherspoon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Efrern Zimbalist. Mr..
Misuha Elman and Nine. Josephine
Jacoby.
Others present were Mrs. George
Washington Hardwick OF Augusta. Ga.
grandmother of the bridegroom; Mr..
Milmore Stires. Mrs. Hamilton Mex.
Twoinbly. Miss Ruth Vanderbilt
Twombly. Miss Louise Scott Mr.. and
Mrs Charles steele, Mrs. William A M.
Burden, Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Mrs. John Turner Atterbury, Mr.. and
Mrs Charles III. Stout, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Fahnestock, Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
ris Fahnestock. DR.. and Mrs. Ernest
Fahnestock. Mr.. and Mrs. Lancaster
Morgan. Or. and Mrs. Leland Fl. Cofer.
Mrs. William Lowe Rice. Mrs. Wilber
Bloodgood, Miss Rosalie g. Bloodgood.
Mrs. L, Hayward Ferry, Mrs. j. Theus
Munds. Mr.. Frederick Harrison Bald
win, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Aldrich,