Peaks at St. Gervais

The warm grayish-pink of the sculptured walls of St. Gervais is very lovely in the light of early afternoon, and the festoons of snow are like immense garlands of the edelweiss—the inaccessible flower of the Alps. The shadows creeping up to the line of white are of a deeper rose than the walls of rock, and they hold hints of the hues of the evergreens they enfold. Below this overwhelming grandeur of form and color nestle the peaceful villages, red-roofed and embedded in green. The picture shows a fine rhythm of lines in parallels.