 In 1888, he founded the moderate liberal Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.For the Flemish theatre in Brussels (KVS), he wrote several very successful historical plays, such as the "De Brusselsche straatzanger" (1883) and the "De kleine patriot" (1889).He was a freemason, and a member of the lodge "Les Amis Philanthropes" of the Grand Orient of Belgium in Brussels.