Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-17
FOES TO WRINKLES
APPLICATIONS THAT ARE BOTH
CLEANSING AND HEALING.
Pearl Barley Water Probably the Best
of All Lotions-Feeds the Tissues
and Does Not Dry
the Skin.

Il is easier to prevent wrinkles than
to cure them. This is not new or
original statement, but it bears repeti-
ton because its truth cannot be too
firmly impressed While a woman is
still young and her skin is fresh she
should try to keep it so. To do this.
select applications both cleansing and
healing, OF the many lotions. etc,
recommended / would suggest pearl
barley water as being most helpful to
flesh that has begun to show lines.
1t is made by putting three ounces
Of best pearl barley in pint of boiling
water and simmering slowly until the
liquir has extracted the starch. This
is easily told by the slight thickness
it viii take on. The grain is then
strained out and thrown away and
the liquid used as a wash.
II it is found to be gluey when cold
1t must be thinned with clear water.
In the proper consistency it is soft,
but not sticky. For half a pint of the
liquid 10 drops of tincture of benzoin
should be added when the former is
cold.
One cannot do better than to use
this exclusively for cleaning the face.
1t feeds the tissues, does not dry the
skin as clear water may, and is not
a cosmetic. 1t should be applied by
moistening a bit OF thin muslin and
wiping over the face. There need be
no hesitation in using the liquid freely
and letting it dry in. What remains
Of the cleanser after it has been left
on the face for several minutes should
be removed with a dry. soft cloth.
The throat and neck should re-
ceive the same treatment
When wrinkles have made their ap-
pearance and are due to illness OF
nerve strains, something more in the
nature of a tonic as well as tissue
builder is required. To make such a
skin food combine 80 grains of alum
three-quarters of an ounce of almond
milk and three ounces OF rose water.
The alum is put into the water and
dissolved before being mingled with
the milk
The latter is made by blanching al
monds (about Il will dol and pound
ing them in a mortar with a pestle
After being broken a few grains Of
graduated sugar is added, and then
a gill of rose water. The last ingre-
dent goes in drop by drop, the pound
ing continuing until the nuts are as
fine as they can be crushed The
mixture is then covered and stands
over night, when 1t is strained and
ready for use.
Very heavy wrinkles follow a great
less Of flesh in the face, and should be
treated promptly. OF the skin will be-
come hopelessly sagged. Best for this
is a cream made of four ounces CT
fresh mutton suet, Ia ounce Of
glyeerine, 80 grains Of benzoin tine
ture. 25 grains spirits Of camphor.
eight grains Of powdered alum. quaT-
ter of a dram of powdered Russian
isinglass and half an ounce of rose
water.
The suet should be melted and
strained, and equal the glycerine in
quantity. Should there be more Of
the suet, reject the surplus
Mix these and put in the alum.
Warn. the rose water slightly and melt
the isingiass init Combine these
with the first two while they are still
liquid, and then slowly stir IN the
tinctures
Let the nixfa-s <rznd ElItl It con
gssIs, and then massage The face night
ans morning. -PnfiadeIpnIa Ledger.