How Rich

"You have two options Eloise, either you take the trip of your life around the world, or you go to graduate school."

"How charming father really, graduate school it is," Eloise smirked taking a sip of champagne.

"Now why would you want to go on doing that," the father looked up from his daily paper, "James is perfectly willing to travel with you."

Eloise laughed, the sweet sound lightly echoing Club, "The closer I am to James the farther he will be from me, I choose school."

The 1930s experience for most families was that of poverty and strife. But the Dodges were not most people. Living as the elite of Boston they faced other challenges, challenges that would lead them to poverty and strife for future generations.