Water of Youth and Pomade of Hebe

"A French grande dame who declares wrinkles are an appendage of the negligent, to whom they should be left, recommends the 'water of youth' as a preventive till an advanced age. It is made by boiling three ounces of pearl barley in a pint of water till the gluten is extracted; strain, and add twenty-five drops of tincture of benzoin. Wash with the barley-water night and morning. If wrinkles have already begun to line the face the barley-water can be ably assisted with this:

POMADE OF HEBE.

Juice of lily-bulbs 60 grammes

Honey 15 grammes

White wax 30 grammes

Rose-water 12 grammes

Melt the wax and honey together; add the juice to the rose-water, and stir gradually into the wax. Apply a little every other night."

--Fletcher