 Williams probably took her stage name from the character Sélika in Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine".Due to her rendition of E. W. Mulder's "Polka Staccato", she was often called the "Queen of Staccato".From 1885 to 1891, Williams toured the United States with her husband, who took the stage name "Signor Velosko (the Hawaiian tenor)".