I remember the case of a Chinese rice-pounder in Hongkong who was arrested and taken to the Police Court on a charge of indecency.

To enable him to do his work better he had dispensed with all his clothing excepting a loin cloth; for this he was sentenced to pay a fine of $2, or, in default of payment to be imprisoned for a week.

The English Magistrate, in imposing the fine, lectured him severely, remarking that in a civilized community such primitive manners could not be tolerated, as they were both barbarous and indecent.

When he said this did he think of the way the women of his country dress when they go to a ball?
It must be remembered that modesty is wholly a matter of conventionality and custom.

Competent observers have testified that savages who have been accustomed to nudity all their lives are covered with shame when made to put on clothing for the first time.