George Elliston’s “Tea in Peking”, 1936

George Elliston (1883-1946) was a Kentucky born journalist who had a regular column syndicated across America that occasionally included a little of her own verse. Her poetry appeared in newspapers and magazines in the U.S. and was reproduced in anthologies in France, Germany, Great Britain and China. This poem – “Peking” – appeared in 1936….

George Elliston