32. FLORENCE ON THE GLOBE
In June 1903, the American globe walker Mlle Florence announced that she would attempt to walk on a wooden rolling globe from London to Brighton, for a wager. There was immediate interest from the sporting world of the Metropolis, and the secured an interview with the heroine of the day. Florence was just 18 years old and born in New Jersey, she told the journalist; she had begun walking the globe at the age of just four, and was now very proficient. She had brought two globes with her to London, both made of