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Big Man-about-HOME
Hugh Downs has two "households" : One on TV — all women! — arid one in the country, with his own family
By WARREN CROMWELL
Home — on NBC-TV: Hugh finds Arlene Francis a fine example of qualities he's always admired in women.
Home — in Connecticut: The "mere male" of the feminine daytime program finds the sexes more equally balanced. Son Hugh Raymond takes the masculine view, while daughter Deirdre takes after her mother Ruth!
It's not the easiest thing in the world, being the only man in a galaxy of women — especially such talented women as the feminine experts on NBC-TV's encyclopedic daytime program, Home. Hugh Downs, the host on the show and general man-about-Home, has found it a "humbling" experience as well as an exhilarating one. But it comes from Hugh's heart when he says simply: "I love women."
"It's wonderful to work with the girls on the show," Hugh adds. "They're really great people. And Arlene
Francis is one of the easiest people to work with you can imagine.
"It goes without saying that I've learned a lot about women from being on the show. For example, I've always been a 'single standard' man, myself. I've felt all along that women should be allowed to do anything they want to, in the way of running the world or holding down jobs. Now -I find that there is not only a 'double standard' so far as men are concerned, but with women, as well. I've (Continued on page 82)
Hugh Downs is seen and heard on Home, NBC-TV, Monday through Friday, 11 A.M. to 12 noon EST, under participating sponsorship.
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