Show f Up k r cr n e W e Science Service S Service enICe African Dancers Ri Rival va Astaire S Says ys Scientist Life Is Song and Dance on Ivory Coast r V WASHINGTON The The The popular popular popular pop pop- ular Fred Astaire has new rit rivals ri rivals ri- ri t vals for dancing fame fame in in far- far I off Africa dancers of the Ivor Ivory coast c can n well hold their own against say Fred Astaire declared declared de de- Glared Dr Hans Himmelheber Ger Ger- German German man anthropologist now In this country Their dancing Is Doctor Himmelheber who went to French West Africa last year expressly to study this little-known little tribe gives a glowing report of native na nn- p 0 tive life on the Ivory coast These Are Party Folks t Pleasure Is the true purpose of life Ufe with these people There Is much dancing and singing but no h hell l I saw only one drunken drunk drunk- en person amon among them he be told the Anthropological society of Wash ington A chiefs chief's program for tor an afternoon afternoon after atter- noon may have for tor Its chief feature i showing off the anthropologist found That Is the chief promenades nades In all the glory he can man- man age Good manners and beauty are J more admired than cleverness cle among these people They shun gaudy audy colors and like sober ane and subdued effects In their much much much-cul cultivated cul- cul tl arts Hairdressers are Important aids to self-decoration self and men and women expect their beauty J parlor operators to create strikingly strikingly new v hair styles constantly Homes Are Bright Too In their homes these natives like pretty things around them they told the German scientist Their carved car wood spoons boxes hooks books and other everyday e possessions posses posses- Lions are being displayed ed to the civilized world as ns tine One art The picture of the arts In African can life has been distorted Doctor Doe Doe- tor declared because It Is not nearly so easy to convey coO the quality of ot African music and dancing as It Is Isto to show the sculptures p- p tures tunes and recite the poetry Yet fet musical arts are advanced |