In this story he lays ample stress upon the need for careful and deliberate consideration at such crucial moments.
The account of his long and successful editorship of _The Ladies' Home Journal_ reveals the extent of his influence on American social and domestic conditions.

He broadened the scope of _The Journal_ until it touched the life of the nation at many points.

The earlier women's magazines had devoted most attention to fashions, needle-work, and cookery, printing a few sentimental stories and poems to give the necessary literary atmosphere.

_The Ladies' Home Journal_ took up a great variety of problems concerning the American home and those who dwelled therein.

A corps of editors was assembled to conduct departments and to answer questions either by mail or in the pages of _The Journal_.