Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-01
WEDDING
BELLS RING
SOCIETY GATHERS AT MASONIC
TEMPLE
BRIDAL PARTY MEMBERS OF
EASTERN STAR
Miss Elizabeth Bauer and Lewis @.
Zaiser Congratulated by Many
of Their Burlington,
Iowa, Friends

Over two hundred persons were gath
cred in the beautiful Masonic temple on
Hill street, near Fourth, last night to
witness the wedding of Miss Elizabeth
Bauer and Lewis G. Zaiser both MEM
bers of Pacific chapter, Order of the
Eastern Star.
The minister officiating was the Rev.
Robert j. Burdette, d. D., pastor of
Temple Baptist church, and an old
time friend Of the groom and also OF
his father.
MIR. and Mrs. Zaiser will leave for a
trip to the north this morning, making
visits on the way to Del Monte, San
Francisco, Stockton, Sacramento and
Oakland. They expect to be gone a
week or ten days, and will be at home
to their friends after March 81 at 227
East Twenty street, Los Angeles.
The bride was attired in a beautiful
gown of messaline trimmed with
princess lace, which became her most
charmingly, as she is a handsome bru-
nette The bridal bouquet was of white
carnations.
The bride is a descendant of early
settlers of the pioneer state" having
left New York for Los Angeles six
years ago.
Lewis G. Zaiser, the groom, is the
last of four brothers of his family to
marry. Their father, Henry Zaiser, is
still living at the home city of Bur-
lington. Des Moines county, Iowa.
Croonn's Father Is OctoqenarIan
The elder zaiser celebrated his
eightieth birthday on February l of
this year, Two cousins of the groom,
DR.. Albert c. Zaiser and DR.. Harry A.
Zaiser, are residing in that city as
we'll
r,, ,a s.o.. - Az o1ao. 1oiear
e. F. Zaiser, G. G. Zaiser, o. H. Zai-
ser and Lewis G. Zaiser, the groom,
came to Los Angeles with their two
sisters, Miss Emma and Mrs. Fred Ha-
Will. They were all In attendance at
the wedding last night, Mrs. Havill
having with her her two children. Mrs.
C. Cross of Oakland, the mother OF
Mrs. e. F. Zaiser, who is visiting her
daughter in Los Angeles was also In
attendance, as were several Of the
Burlington friends of the groom,
among them Mr.. and Mrs. Burlington.
The Zaiser brothers entered business
in Los Angeles, forming the Zaiser
Brothers company, commission house,
dealing in wholesale fruits and pro-
duce. And it was here in Los Angeles
that Mr.. Zaiser met his bride-to-be,
Miss Bauer, at a meeting of the Pa
cific chapter of the Eastern Star.
Hence it was most betting that the
ceremony should take place within the
confines of the Masonic temple, the
home of the Eastern Star order.
Decorations Are Beautiful
The decorations were green and
white. with the Masonic emblems in
terspersed tastefully. In the center OF
the ceiling was the wedding bell or
green suspended over the altar where
the ceremony took place, four whlte
streamers leading from the bell to the
chairs occupied by officers or tne
Eastern Star. The officiating clergy
man and other members OF the order
outside the bridal party proper occu-
pied seats beside the dais at the west
ern extremity of the hall.
Miss Daisy Weiss, a friend or the
bride, played Mendelssohn's wedding
march on the pipe organ, the ushers,
mast matrons and officers of the Order
of the Eastern Star marching into the
rcom to it's stirring strains, the latter
taking their accustomed places In the
hall.
Then followed the program, which
was opened by a violin solo by Miss
I. .ottie Buisseret, Prume's "Melan-
choly," accompanied on the piano by
her sister, Miss Agnes Buisseret. A
QueL OF d uSll6AtluA poPAAnA AtACAS~S
was next sung by the little Misses
Olive and Irene Walters, accompanied
by Miss Minnie Burke. "The Holy
City" was sung next as a duet by Miss
Q. e. Schmidt and ]. Roy Mcintyre,
with stereopticon views. "I Love but
Thee" was tho solo sung by Mr.. Nc
Intyre Immediately following.
Fathers Friend Performs Ceremony
The ceremony followed, performed by
the Rev. DIR. Burdette, who spoke OF
the friendship he had always felt for
the father of the groom, calling the
latter one of his hoys and assuring him
that he had won the best wife in the
world. Miss Emma M. Zaiser stepped
up to the bridal couple Immediately
after the ceremony and after telling
the company of the marriages of the
various members of their household
who had come to Los Angeles from
Burlington together presented to her
brother, the groom, beautiful
Eastern Star pin of Jewels. The groom
then thanked his friends for their good
wishes, after which an informal recep-
on was held.
The reception committee was COM
POSED of j.. A. Caldwell and Miss Tin
gle, while the ushers were John Brewer,
Mr.. Summerfield and Mr.. Phillips of
Manchester, England