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house, the reverse was the case. She was per unexpected talent. never stage- bitions what THE SUNDAY CALL. 15 ter since it was sensation in vaudeville, for at that time Since that memorable Los Angeles en- || the genuine colored comedian was-almost gagement Williams and Walker also wholly unknown in the best theaters. boast of singing coon songs before the They open at the California Theater to- Prince of Waleg, now King night at the head of their own company, royal command, at and it is their boast that they travel in ow thei their own private car, never play “one- 2 are booked in and v out in New York, Boston, Philadel- That is the avowed re: ancisco and are and speciali; s both getting rich, all becguse o for vaudeville, and the and somebody 5 is the ‘“‘Pony Ballet,” heen enthralling the whole which will be and heard at the Or- t several y pheum this aftéernoon for the first time. demonstrated that there The *~ Ballet’” is an English crea- burlesque, irl whe special perf ragtime. n wh of the company. He and asked her to ered it for to her singivg y that country for t e such exceptional ~ They have @ He engaged her at onc sought her Ben Bolt.” § r coon yut hesitati appe: a day’'s 1 ng the old cl once and thu The Tempest, season, without any ambitic she without a be T an suddenly ago Bert Williams, a glant Yert A.Williams Califormg Lillian Albertson Grand Opeva - ujc Pony Ballet )vaheurn ANDING with her books and her domestic ts in her litile home in rer was ambi®ious for her her - mother 1 1bout that, obedient to cgme to- this ne ‘of the local opportunity to could do. She peedily. In less other « 1 ing lady of Sarah B: d now she has f the unusually rise thoge / nstructor Fannie | Pleomtreld. Zeiglew MANAHGEMENT ?\Mijtq BOUVIER & SREENEBAUM . diminutive companion lams who wrot . hue, were found in this ‘‘Goo-Goo Eyes,” “Why Don’t You Get a ble. How or where the name originated 'edy they had come to brighte been big mother aged for MacDowell's darky over ason at the .Grand, Her Walker, his - mbition has been realized in OFf the same dus ing and nastics generally. “You Ain’t So Warm,” selected to look as much alike as posst- Of the East even after the musical com- dan v course there uck, bad no histrionic am B a “stop-gap” of two or three nights at Man,” “Ghost of a Coon” and more re- themselves are not absolutely sure. The ville debut. this is the original “Pony Ballet” er, didn’t care particularly Lilllan Coleman, who has been the ness of a member of the company. They he sings with the Creole chorus in *““The brought from London to be the star at- the beauties of the “Pony Ballet” have all reput d to be e3 even to see a play and was quite content prima donna soprano-at Fischer's Thea- remained eight weeks and - were a biz Sons of Ham.” traction of a new musical comedy in New been trained from infancy for the parts clever. That should suffice. " and George is money In song writing. It was Wil- tion, made up of eight pretty girls, all York. They still remained the sensation they play watil they are expert in singing, have been many imitations city and rushed off to Los Angeles to ill Lady of Your Own?’ “The Medicine even the members. of the ‘‘Pony Ballet” shelved and forgotten. Hence the vaude- since they came to America. Whether the Orpheum, caused by the sudden ill- cently ‘“The Phrenologist Coon,” which all-important fact is that they were Like the genuine London Galety Girl, the manager himself knows, but they are ceptionally pretty and