All that can presently (November 2023) be gleaned about Cross & Josephine from sheet music covers and by Internet searching is that they were an American vaudeville team (Wellington Cross and Lois Josephine) who have been featured on 6 works published between 1909 and 1916.
Their portrait on the left is taken from Mary You're a Little Bit Old Fashioned (1914) music by Henry I. Marshall, words by Marion Sunshine and published by Jerome H. Remick & Co., New York & Detroit, USA.
Wellington Cross (1887-1975), born in Boston, Massachusetts, was featured on That's the Spirit of '76 (1916) music by Charles A. Bayha, words by Rubey Cowan and published by Rubey Cowan Music Pub. Co., . He went on to become a film actor known for his appearance The Grey Parasol (1918).
He became vice president of Elizabeth Arden International, the cosmetic house, at her behest. She met him while "visiting backstage" at a performance of No, No Nanette at the Globe Theater in 1925. She convinced him that he would enjoy a career in the cosmetics industry which he pursued for over 30 years.
He died in New York.
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