Since the early days of America, children were taught this simple rhyme:

“WASH on MONDAY,

“IRON on TUESDAY,

“MEND on WEDNESDAY,

“CHURN on THURSDAY,

“CLEAN on FRIDAY,

“BAKE on SATURDAY,

“REST on SUNDAY.”

With more casual apparel and wrinkle-resistant fabrics, is ironing still necessary?

“It’s a lost domestic art,” my neighbor Faye Matthews says. “I used to iron bed sheets and pillow cases as well as clothing, but not anymore. I liked it. It gave me a genuine sense of satisfaction to have crisp pillow cases and a distinctive crease in my husband and son’s trouser legs.“

Kris Lewis is glad that wrinkle-resistant clothes are prevalent. “I hate ironing,” she says. “If something needs ironing, I’ll take it to DI ( Deseret Industries , a nonprofit thrift and training store in Utah)

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