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Show Alpine Death Roll of the Alluring Edelweiss V THE FATAL EDELWEISS. Thirty visitors to Switzerland havo loBt tJioir Uvea on tho Alps this summer Jn trying to securo the alluring hlooniH, which grow in tho most dangerous places. Special Cubic to The Tribune. GENEVA, Aug. G. Though Switzerland Is Imvlnjr a cold, wot summer Lhls year, in common with Iho rest of Europe, the Alpine Al-pine death roll Is mounting high alrcudy. In many parts of the mountains thons liavo bncn exceptional .storms for the. time of ynur, with tin iusuII that Heveral parties of visiting climbers lmvs been HWc-pt away by a'alanc!i23. But the alluring al-luring cdclwelbs remains the mout fatal attraction of tho summer tourist N'ot. in llsrir a remarkably beautiful Mower, pIMwi;Ihs uevurlln.'leBu appeals to that niilu il human desire that craves tho difficult. Ucnonilly It grows In rocky curnurs that arc practically iuacccHRlbk'. Invigorated by tho mountain air, tho climber otsplos tho blooms In their dun-serous dun-serous crcvlco and determines to claim them for his own. Sometimes ho 311c-ccciIk 311c-ccciIk in thu quest, only to fall us ho ro-turiiH; ro-turiiH; sometlmoB a loose stone, trusted for a foothold, slips away, and the end Is deep down In the ravine below. One by one tho cdolwcleu claims Its victims, vic-tims, till tho totul Is higher than that of thu iivnluiicho, which du.it tys tho mountaineers moun-taineers In full parties. Ihlrty flower pickers have sacrlllccd themselves for edelweiss since June, yet tho fatnl lure Is 011 the mountains still ami every week brings 1 1 h tingle (junta till Die sunimiir Is ended and Alpine snows till iho nooks where now the llowory bloom. |