Life and Works

of

Dr. Jose P. Rizal

CHAPTER XVI:

IN GAY PARIS, 1889 - 1890

After his trip to London, he move to PARIS. Timely there is an International Exposition being held at Paris.

Rizal’s roommates

(a) Captain Justo Trinidad – former gobernadorcillo & a refugee from Spanish tyranny;

(b) Jose Albert – young student from Manila.

INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONIN PARIS (1889)

In his spare hours, he used to dine at the house of the De Taveras:

1) DR.TRINIDAD PARDO DE TAVERA – physician by vocation and philologist by avocation.2) DR.FELIX PARDO DE TAVERA – also a physician by vocation and an artist & sculptor by avocation.3) PAZ PARDO DE TAVERA – wife of Juan Luna.4) DON JOAQUIN PARDO DE TAVERA – an exle of 1872 who escape from Marianas & lived in France.

 MR.EDWARD BOUSTED - was born in the Phil., the son of a rich French businessman of Singapore, and had married a daughter of prominent Genato family of Manila.

Two attractive daughter

1. Nelly – a fencer2. Adelina – quiet, dignified & refined

He carried his artistic hobbies and made two statues

1. The Beggar

2. The Maid with a Baker – sent to Blumentrit together with an artistic wallet (PETACA) made of Philippine vine.

TWO CLUBS FOUNDED BY RIZAL

1. Kidlat Club

2. Indios Bravos

Kidlat Club – special club form in order to organize Fils. In the French country

Members: (a)Antonio & Juan Luna,(b) Lauro Dimayuga(c) Baldomero Roxas(d) Gregorio Aguilera(e) Fernando Canon(f)Gregorio Pautu(g) Julio Lloorente

Indios Bravos – a new society of Filipino patriots in Paris. It replaced the ephemeral Kidlat Club. Members pledged to excel in intellectual and physical prowess in order to win the admiration of the foreigners, particularly Spaniards.

ANNOTATED EDITION OF MORGA PUBLISHED

Rizal’s outstanding achievement in Paris in Jan. 1890 was the publication of his annotated edition of Morga’s Sucesos, which he wrote in the British Museum.

He dedicated this historical work “TO THE FILIPINOS”.

TWO MAGNIFICENT PROJECT OF RIZAL IN PARIS

1. International Association of Filipinologist

2. Project for Filipino College in Hongkong

International Association of Filipinologist – association that aim to study the

Philippines from the scientific and historical point of view.

OFFICERS OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FILIPINOLOGIST

President: Dr.Ferdinand Blumentritt (Austrian)

Vice President : Mr. Edmund Plauehul (French)

Counsellor : Dr. Reinhold Rost (Anglo-German)

Counsellor : Dr. Antonio Ma. Regidor (Filipino- Spanish)

Secretary : Dr. Jose Rizal (Filipino)

Project for Modern Filipino in Hongkong – a college that aims to train and educate men of good family and financial means in according with the demands of modern

times and circumstances.

Mr. Cunanan - who promised Rizal to help him raise money as initial capital for the college.

P40,000 – amount needed as capital for the college.

 

SATIRICAL WORK OF RIZAL

Por Telefono

Por Telefono – another satirical work of Rizal that is a reply to fr. Salvador Font, who mastermind the banning of his Noli. – was published in booklet form in Barcelona, 1889.

Dimas Alang – pen name used by Rizal in writing Por Telefono.

– it describes in comical vein a telephone conversation between Father Salvador Font who ws in Madrid and the father provincial of the San Agustin Convent in Manila.

Adelina Boustead – another romance of Rizal in Paris.

Antonio Luna – a dashing man of violent passions who is madly in love with Nelly (Adelina’s sister)

Mir Deas – Spanish newspaperman who was writing articles against Filipinos.

Reasons that Rizal’s marriage did not prosper:

1. Adelina was not sure if he loved her because of his broken engagement

2. Rizal refused to accept the condition that he will become a protestant like her

3. Adelina’s mother opposed the match because Rizal was not rich enough to support a family in style.

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