Connecticut western news., 1908-04-23
TRY BARLEY WATER
DECLARED TO BE INvETERATE
 FOE OF WRINKLES.
Mixed with TIncture of Benzoln, tho Liquid Is Excellent for Cleaning the Face New Skin Food
 and Tissue Builder.

It Is easier to prevent wrinkles than to cure them. This Is not new ana original statement but it bears repe7 tition because its truth cannot be too firmly impressed. While woman is still young and her skin is fresh she should try to keep 1t so. To do thist select applications both cleansing and healing Of the many lotions, etc., recommended l would suggest pearl barley water as being most helpful to flesh that has begun to show lines. says writer in the St. Louis Re- | public.
 It is made by putting three ounces of best pearl barley in pint of boil- ing water and simmering slowly untiE l the liquid has extracted the starch This is easily told by the slight thick ness it will take on. The grain Is then strained out and thrown away. and the liquid used as a wash.
 If 1t is found to be gluey when cold ! 1t must be thinned with clear wa ter. In the proper consistency it fs soft, but not sticky. For half pint of the liquid 15 drops of tincture of benzoin should be added when the !
 1 former is cold.
 One cannot do better than to use this exclusively for cleaning the face. It feeds the tissues, does not dry the skin as clear water may, and is not a cosmetic. It should be applied by moistening a bit of thin muslin and wiping over the face. There need be no hesitation in using the liquid free T ly and letting 1t dry in.
 | What remains of the cleanser after it has been left on the face for several minutes should be removed with dry soft cloth. s. .a
 The throat and neck should receive the same treatment | When wrinkles have made their ap- pearance and are due to illness or nerve strains, something more in the nature of a tonic as we'll as tissue builder is required. To make such a skin food combine 30 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 12 will do) and pound ing them in a mortar with pestle. After being broken a few grains of granulated sugar are added, and then a gill of rose water. The last ingredi- ent 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. There Is no better skin food and lotion than this milk. if used alone. .f#
 When combined with alum 1t is wiped over the face frequently through the day and remains on at night.
 Very heavy wrinkles follow a great loss of flesh in the face, and should be treated promptly, or the skin will be- come hopelessly sagged. Best for this is a cream made of four ounces of fresh mutton suet, one and one-quar- ter ounce of glycerine, 30 grains of spirits of camphor, eight grains of powdered alum, quarter of a dram of powdered Russian isinglass, and a half an ounce of rose water.
 The suet should be melted and strained, and equal to the glycerin in quantity. Should there be more or suet, reject the surplus.
 Mix these, and put in the alum Warm the rose water slightly and melt the isinglass in it. Combine these with the first two while they are still liquid, and then slowly stir in the tinctures.
 Let the mixture stand until 1t con- goals, and then massage the face night . and morning.