The hair may lose its lustre from many causes. Dandruff is the commonest cause of this, but a very fertile factor in the causation of brittle lustreless hair is the constant employment of pomatums and greases to the hair. Nature supplies you with hair-oil of first-class quality. Every hair has two glands to secrete this oil (sebum). If you use an artificial grease (which can only be of a tenth-rate quality when compared with the natural substance), do you suppose the glands will go on working for nothing when the fruits of their labours are despised? Not they. They will strike work at once, and though they will resume their function if the external application is discontinued, it is better not to interfere with them at all. Girls with their long hair, however, need some form of application to keep the hair clean and glossy, and there is no objection to their using a really good substance, if they apply it to the hair itself and not to the scalp. You should never apply anything in the way of oil, grease, or pomatum to the roots of the hair, if it is healthy. The applications of most value for the hair are the following:-- 1. _Brilliantine._--This is a pleasant emulsion, and it is very useful when the hair shows a tendency to fall out. 2. _Bay Rum._--Occasionally I have seen this do good to the hair. Usually, however, it is better avoided. 3. Applications containing _Cantharides_ are supposed to promote the growth of the hair. Possibly they do, but the action is not due to the Cantharides. 4. _Rosemary_ is a nice clean preparation for the hair, and there are many good lotions containing this drug. 5. _Marrow fat, Bear's grease, etc._--The solid fats are much used, and if you do not object to their messiness, they are not without merit. 6. _Petroleum jelly, vaseline, etc._--These are simple, non-irritating, more or less inert substances, which may be applied to the ends of the hairs when a simple lubricant is necessary. [Illustration: ANGELIE.] ANGELIE. BY WILLIAM T. SAWARD. There are clouds on the mountain's brow, Angelie! And our soft blue skies are frowning now, Angelie! O say it is well in that far-off land, Where the mountains rise from the sea-girt strand; Our daily prayers are to Heaven for thee, Angelie! We listen for thee at the morning prime, Angelie! With the Matin-bell and its holy chime, Angelie! And at night, under Heaven's blue canopy, When the angels have lighted their tapers for thee, A silver voice comes over the sea, "It is well, it is well, with your Angelie!" O the clouds may cover the mountain's brow, Angelie! And hide their wreaths of eternal snow, Angelie! And the fiend of the storm may shriek at will, And the lightning leap from hill to hill, For the night is past and I come to thee, My bride, my beautiful Angelie! [Illustration] "SISTER WARWICK": A STORY OF INFLUENCE.