She was , simultaneously , on the Sunday staff at the '' New York Times '' , writing features such as a report from Sicily after the 1908 Messina earthquake . She used the pseudonym " Judith Herz " for at least one article in '' The New Era '' ( a profile of the Yiddish-language playwright , Jacob Gordin )
1908 Messina earthquake
1908 Messina earthquake
Mary Dunlop Maclean