W. and M. are nothing if not enterpris ing. They have, secured the Australian rights of tho big religious drama, " The Sign of tho Cross.”

Catherine Foote, one of the Gaiety "houris” hero with Lonnon, Lothridge, Courtneidge and Co., was divorced from her husband in London the other day. It was hubby’s (an ex Sydney clerk’s) petition, and tho evidence was distinctly " giddy.”

Reuben Fox, who has made such a hit as “ Svengali” in the Melbourne production of “ Trilby,” was under study for “ Wilton Lackaye ” in the original (New York) production of the piece. The Bulletin says that Fax got a show to play “ Svengali ” at a matinee when Beerbohm Tree was over in the States, and that the London actor modelled hia Jew on Fax’s impersona tion.
Fax, by the way. is not a Jew, but a notive of Toronto. His mother was Irish and his father Scotch. Personally he would prefer to play the Scots artist, The Laird, rather than Svengali.
