Real Revolution — Page 70
70 - abhorence for clothes, there are people here and there in Europe and America even now who prefer to go about without clothing of any kind. They are called the Nudists, the tendency having established itself in Western society as a sort of cult, seriously and publicly preached by its adherents. The police places certain restrictions on them in public interest, but they always kick against such interference with their personal inclinations and desires, as they call it. . This also is a symptom that a kind of mental decay has set in in some parts of the West. There are numerous regular clubs in these lands where no one can become a member if he or she bathed with any clothes on, for according to their point of view such a person is not properly civilized. . I once read a book on this subject in which a doctor wrote that his daughter joined the Nudists which he disliked very much, and he began to be strict with her. At last his daughter one day asked him to accompany her to the Nudist colony or club and see for himself how polite and civilized were. these people whom he was pleased to call indecent. . When he went to that place he saw that everyone was going about without a stitch of clothing on the body. At first he felt extremely embarrassed. . But then, he said, he noticed how innocent these people looked in this simple, unaffected condition.