Show laundry experts advise mending before washing the tradition that mending follows washing as inevitably as spring follows winter is being gradually discarded in favor of the reverse way of doing things proponents of the modern school of laundering now advocate doing the mending first there are several advant advantages aIges in getting the repair work out of of the way before clothing and household furnishings go into the laundry A small hole in a sock is likely to become a large one in handling A frayed buttonhole may be torn apart or the thin portion of a sheet give way entirely perhaps it is just as well to lo exempt loose or missing buttons from advance restoration and se sew w them on later but patching darning reinforcing and such things if done in advance will prolong the life of the laundry bags contents materially the chief objection to this order used to be a natural distaste for handling soiled laundry but discriminating people no longer delay washing until clothing and linens become unpleasant to touch and smell practical reasons as well as aesthetic ones have brought about more frequent washing soil a and nd perspiration pi ration left in f fabrics wear them out through erosion and chemical action and the vigorous handling needed to remove these harmful substances in washing causes additional wear and tear frequent laundering with abundant soap and water and a minimum of rubbing is far more satisfactory in the long run than the mistaken thrift which may induce prolonged wear without washing |