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Community Newspaper of Filipinos in
Swirl. and Vicinity
Established October 15, 1928
Published Monthly
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EDITOR'S MAIL
'ANTI-TUBERCUMSIS LEAGUE
0F KING COUNTY
January 12, 1961
Mr. Victorio Acosta Velasco
Editor, Filipino Forum
Dear Mr. Velasco:
On behaf of Mrs. Raymond ‘K.
'Amey, Christmas Seal Chairman,
the Christmas Seal Committee,
and the Board of Directors, I am
Writing to thank you for your sup
port of the 1960 Christmas Seal
campaign.
You may be interested to know
that on January 10, $191,842 had
been received. This is $5,241 more
than had been received on the
same date last year, but is $18,158
lhort of our goal of $210,000.
Since late contributions are still
‘eing received, we are hopeful
that we shall reach the goal and
be able to continue a full health
)rotection program for 1961.
Thank you again for your 00-
Operation. It is deeply appreciated
Ry everyone connected with the
yin-Tuberculosis League.
Best wishes for the year 1961!
Sincerely,
' (Miss) Honoria Hughes
Executive Director
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'Available Now
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pansion of the Washington State
international Trade Fair is avail
ble to organizations calling the
Fair's Speakers’ Bureau, according
In William M. Gail. Bureau chair
gum.
§ the Trade Fair is being enlarged
for the 1961 show scheduled in
Seattle April 20-30 to include
European nations for the first
time, Gall said. It is also moving
into larger quarters for its tenth
Imuveraary.
When desired. Trade Fair speak
era Will include colorful slides of
exquisite handicraft work in their
presentations.
“Our speakers have a big story
to tell because this ls the first year
‘llnt our Trade Fair will be truly
worldelde," Gall sud.
Organizations dashing speakers
can call the Trade Fair at MAin
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Rizal As Seen In Seattle
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Rizal. Behind them were eight
Spanish soldiers, with pointed
guns at the executioner-s -—~ “in
case . . . ” Perhaps the dramatist
director was motivated by stage
economy, which is a valid consid
eration. In such a case, the number
of Spanish and Filipino soldiers
might have been reduced propor
tionately, let us say, to two, three
or four for each nationality. It is
dramatic to see two, three, or four
Spanish soldiers pointing their
guns to the backs of two, three, or
four Filipino soldiers, ready to fire
if the Filipinos turned around and
fired at the Spaniards.
It will be recalled that: a Span
ish military doctor felt Rizal’s
pulse before execution, saying,
“May I feel your pulse, col
league ?” He was amazed to find
that it was barely a beat above
normal, even when he was in the
very jaws of death. This was omit
ted in the script. In the play, the
doctor did not dare get near Rl
zal until the hero dropped dead.
I will not deny that the Spanish
doctor felt Rizal's heart with a
stethoscope after eight bullets
had shatered it to be sure that (he
was not a cat with nine lives. But
that was a mere routine, certainly
not as dramatic as the first test
of Rizal‘s pulse. which the director
failed to present.
A lady whispered that the “doc
tor." our friend, Guido Almanzor,
as a. Spanish Don, should have
been dressed as a Spanish military
‘ official, not in a barong Tagalog.
It is easy to explain why Guido
wore a barong Tagalog. There
was a contest on native costumes.
The Alaska foreman must have
figured that he might just as well
use the barong for Rizal's funeral
in 1896, and also for the 1960 male
| fashion show. Why not? The direc
tor wore a beautiful Ilocano bam
lboo hat, which was the envy of
everybody for outdoor picnics and
prg-rams.
111.
’ Composition
Let us disregard the lack of ad
equate research, relative to the
historical background of the play.
'We grant that the dramatist is
’not a historian, and need not and
.must not reproduce history with
photogramic accuracy. His first
duty is to the muse of the theater.
not to the muse of history. Wk:
will now View the play, not as a.
piece of history, but as a composi
tion.
Zoologists tell us that the earth
worm is one of the lowest in the
animal kingdom. It is called, inver
itebrae —— meaning spineless. It is
‘segmented. like the bamboo, but
not disjointed, like pieces of .pipe
’on a pile. The play on the other
‘hand, has no organic plot, no de
-13‘8“ _
In o'ther words, the various
threads of the play are not Inter
‘woven in an :h a way u to produce
the utmost suspense and climatic
punch out of one of the greatest
stories of all time.
'l‘he performance is inferior to
the Rizal Day show. chairmaned
by Leo Domingo, at the Edison
School in 1932. In the pan”. "ayal of
Rizal's character. it cannot com
pare with Pete Filarca's perform
ance staged at the lower auditor-
FILIPINO FORUA
,ium of the Chamber of Commerce,-‘
‘several years ago. It cannot get
to first base with the Rizal Day
:play, presented in San Francisco,‘
about 16 years ago by Eatella‘
gsmnfsister of Speaker RomunaJd-J
iez, or the performance of the Fill-l
pino Children’s Club, of that city,l
{when children from 5 to 17 years?
of age presented a full length play, 1
called, Toy Maker. .4
IV.
Casting
It is superflous to state that the
success of a director depends much
.upon his ability to select his cast
aof characters. Before doing this.
he must have a thorough know
ledge of every character in the
lplay. Some authors spend months
of psychological analysis and syn
{thesis before they get intimately
acquainted with the characters of
.their creations. Then, they put the
finishing touches that breathe life
into what formerly Were mere .pup- ‘
pets, making individuals out of ‘
types. It is said that Ibsen studied
\his characters. until he knew their
parents and grandparents.
After the director has familiar
i’ized himself with the characters
in the play, he should start scout
ing for the personality types best
calculated to fill the various roles.
The more successful he is in cast
ing the less will be his work in
actual direction, when delineation
‘has to be individualized. He will
save his make-up artist and cos
tume designer a. lot of work. for
instance. to make a. girl of 18
years old look like 60 and vice
versa.
Needless to say, Rizal should
look or be made to look in a play
for adults, such as the one we saw
last December 30, within ten years
of his actual age—3s%—when he
was executed. His wlfe. Josephine,
Bracken, should be a. little young
er, or be made to look so.
Itlslmpomttobeulnmhd
that Rizal's youth, his "my tal
ents and his leaving a young bride,
and used parents. heightened his
personal sacrifice.
For the role of Rizal. Sonny
Laigo, Domingo Lagazo and Pete
Filarca, would have been hard
to beat. The make-up artist needed
only to give one of them a Rizal
hair cut. a Rizal wit and tie, and
presto. we would have a convinc
ing impersonator for the hero.
I am inclined to believe that the
handsome patriach, Joe Yumul,
might have done better as a mus
tachioed Spanish. Governor-Gen
‘eral, and Naty Carlyle. veteran
actress of Philippine films, a:
Rizal’s mother. I am willing to
hazard the opinion that Vivianm.
Yumul, or her sister. Phyllis, or
Elsie Smith, or Asuncion Panda
Licauco, grand-daughter of Sena
tor Paredes, could have filled the
leading feminine role convincingly
and creditably. Of course, Joe
Yumul and Naty Carlyle could
have done justice to their respec
tive rolw with a competent direc
tor and a make-up artist that could
have given Joe a Rizal hair cut.
Rizal should 5t ieut match the
Jesuit in cola-less and dignity. uni
not have acted as though he wen
about to enter the portal of a
nightmare. Of course, Biui was
actually in a worse not physically
speaking. But for him and for the
country. his personal deotmcflon
was the mt triumph of the
Mnlayan race. It must be depicted
as such without bnvuio.
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Mrs. Candida. Russian of San
iEsteban, [logos Sur. was a recent
Seattle, visitor: She came from I
.visit to her son who is attending
Michigan State College. While
here, he was entertained at dinner
by Mr. and Mrs. Ernesto Gal-ride,
Mr. and Mrs. Max Salvador, and
V. A. Velasco, Forum publisher.
She was house guest of Cleto
Discrimination Bill
Goes To Legislature
The Washington State Board
Against Discrimination, meeting
in a special session, adopted pro
posed legislation for submission to
the 1961 Legislature which, it is
hoped, will prevent the type of
discrimination in housing which
\was described to the Board by Joe
Jones, Washington Rose Bowl
’lfootball player, who charged that
Six apartment house managers had
lrefused rental of an apartment to
him because he is a Negro.
Malcolm Higgins, Executive Sec
retary of the Board. says that the
law which the Board adopted Jan
uary 10 would prohibit discrimina
tion by persons engaged in the
business of selling or renting real
property because of race, religion
or nationality. The present law
against discrimination is limited
to “publicly assisted houuing” or
‘that which is financed by FHA or
wit-insured loans. The Board was
prevented from taking action in
ithe Jones case because the apart
‘ment houses involved were not
I“publicly assisted.”
Another amendment proposed
by the Board would prohobit racial
discrimination in non- sectarian
cemeteries
The Boar d' 8 recommended
amendments will be submitted to
Governor Rosellini.
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