The Washington times., 1922-03-05
Mrs. Harding, Girl
Scout Head, HOnOrS
Girl Scout Captain
Sends Autographed
Photograph to Miss
Helen Hopkins

photograph TO MISS
Helen Hopkins
MRS. HARDINa-aIways
thoughtful and gracious
sent an autographed photograph of
herself in her Girl Scout uniform
to Miss Helen Hopkins. daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Hopkins.
Of Biltmore street, a few days ago,
with . note of congratulation on
her engagement to Victor Zelov. VI
Philadelphia. Helen Hopkins IL
q captain of one of the Washing
ton Girl Scout troops. and Is one
of those who goes into q thing
thoroughly II she goes in at all.
She's q conscientious worker in the
organization, and in various other
Of the youngeh set activities.
Miss Hopkins was seriously hurt
In the Knickerbocker Theater
crash a few weeks ago the first.
they say. who was taken out OF
that wreck alive. tho men m each
side of her having both been killed
one \ stranger. the other An old
friend whom Helen regarded al
most as a brother. and who called
her little sister" They say that
all that saved her was her mass OF
blonde hair, which formed a cush-
ion on her head and broke the force
of falling wreckage. that would
otherwise have killed her. They
say also that her Girl Scout train
ing stood her In good stead: kept
her head clear. and helped her not
only to help herself. but to keep
others from slipping over the
brink. She kept herself conscious
and ready to help the rescuers to
help her and others near her. by
pinching herself-and was able to
tell those who finally came to the
rescue how they could best reach
her and others In her neighbor-
hood.
She had a bad cut on top Of her
head-and they had to cut off
some Of her lovely hair-and her
back was wrenched, but that
seems to be coming around all
right-and she was a mass OF
bruises-but they have all faded
and healed. She has been at home
from the hospital now for a fort
night. and last Wednesday they
carried her down to the family
dinner table for the first time
Mr.. Zelov was there. having come
on to spend the weekend with his
fiancee, and stayed on. ION bust
ness'-and altogether 1t was
great occasion.
HE'S an engineer and naval
architect. connected with the
Vibration Speciality Company, Of
Philadelphia and in picking a
Washington bride he is following
the example OF his coppany's
president, v. K. Akimus. who mar
ried a Miss Buchanan, Of Wash
ington. Mr.. Zelov has been living
in Philadelphia, because his work
was there, and he expects to take
his bride there to live, probably
at Wynwood: but such family as
he has-an uncle or two and some
cousins-are New Workers..
No date has been announced for
this wedding. but I shouldn't won
der II Helen Hopkins was an
Easter bride. For when asked II
It was to be a June wedding Mrs.
Hopkins smiles and says: POS
sibly: 1t depends on Helen's health.
somewhat; It may be sooner"
Meanwhile. Helen herself Is con-
tent to let things take their
course. She was. of course, de-
lighted at Mrs. Harding's gracious
letter, and the accompanying pho
tograph. and when she told me Of
it. my mind went back to one Of
the first OF the Harding garden
parties last spring, when Helen
Hopkins was just ahead Of me in
the line greeting the new First
Lady and was so pleased when
the latter held her hand little as
she passed and whispered, hastily:
stick around a bit; thereIl be
dancing in the East Room pres
entlyr' And Helen stuck.