Southern Shorts | Carthage House of Beauty

Posted by Patria Henriques on Monday, July 8, 2024

(phone ringing) (Beverly chuckling) - [Client] Now, I like my soap.

- [Beverly] Now, which soaps do you watch?

- "Young and the Restless."

- Yeah.

"Bold and Beautiful."

- Okay.

- And "The Days of Our Lives".

- All right.

- That's my three programs.

- Yeah, my mama used to watch "The Young and The Restless", I think that was the only one she watched.

Well, years ago she watched "As the World Turns", but it don't turn no more, does it?

(Beverly chuckling) - Nope.

But I've got some tapes of that.

(hairspray spraying) - I was thinking, in the last years, it wasn't available anymore.

You looking good, Marianne!

♪ With Jesus and loved ones and friends ♪ ♪ I'd like to roam o'er the hills ♪ ♪ That my father sculptured with care ♪ ♪ I'd like to hear Mama sing ♪ - I tell you, if it wasn't for the Lord, I'd be in big trouble.

- [Beverly] We all would.

We all would, brother Jimmy.

- I don't know what he saw in me, but I can sure see a lot in him.

- [Beverly] Mmhmm.

Can't we all.

- I look at- - [Beverly] Got so much to be thankful for.

- Yeah, I really look at the world, you know, the trend that the world is headed in and I see 'em not having any respect for God, not having any respect for God's people, most of 'em- - [Beverly] It's pretty scary, isn't it?

- It's really scary.

- [Beverly] It is!

It's very scary.

- But there's a scripture that says "He that endears to the end shall be saved."

So, we've got some endearing to do, as God's people.

But the reward at the end of the way- - [Beverly] It's gonna be worth it all, ain't it?

- It's gonna be worth it all.

- [Beverly] I will have her to call you, okay?

All right, all right.

Thanks.

Uh huh.

Bye-Bye.

- [Client] I came here about 70 years ago.

- About 70 years ago.

So, you were in your twenties when you came here.

- I ended up here taking a job with W Stevens.

They couldn't find nobody to run it so they contacted me and hired me.

- [Beverly] It was a garment factory.

- Garment factory.

And I was the superintendent.

- [Hair Dresser] Y'all been making it all right, Frank?

- [Frank] Yeah, I've been doing pretty good.

- [Hair Dresser] Good, good.

- [Frank] I know this weather here is gonna be rough on my deer.

I done found a few deer dead.

- [Hair Dresser] Is that right?

- [Frank] Yeah, they have blue tongue, coming back in.

- [Hair Dresser] Oh, I hadn't heard of about that yet.

Huh.

Well, that's bad.

Huh.

That's something Andrew usually still does.

He does some deer hunting, and he usually makes some deer jerky.

He's big on doing that.

- Yeah.

- I'm not much on deer meat, but now I can eat his jerky.

He flavors it up so good.

To me, it don't taste like ...

I don't know, it just tastes like something else.

He really spices it up.

It's pretty good.

- [Client] Lindsay's in the band and you know how they do the formation, and it's the big deal, and rocky top and- - [Beverly] Yeah.

- [Client] You know, that's not my song, but that's okay.

- Okay, out of a hundred.

- 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, a hundred.

- Thank you.

- [Hair Dresser] Thank you Miss Elpha, I appreciate it.

You can just hang out with us if you want to.

- About my nap time.

- [Hair Dresser] About your nap time.

Okay.

Alrighty then.

Nap time's pretty important.

That's probably what I'll be doing when I get home this afternoon.

(hair dresser chuckling) I was out late last night.

Okay, let's see if we can find (indistinct) somewhere.

Oh, there he is, he sees us.

All right, here he comes.

You take care of yourself, Miss Elpha.

(hairspray spraying) (country western music playing on the speaker) - [Beverly] I'll see ya next Friday!

- [Client] Okay.

- [Beverly] Same time, same place!

- [Client] At the station.

- [Beverly] There you go!

(Beverly chuckling) (Beverly groaning) Years ago I heard somebody say there's two things, there's two certain things, and that's taxes and death.

- That's good.

(hair dryer blowing) (hair dresser talking indistinctly on the phone) - I'm good, I'm good, how are you?

You know, I'm thinking around midnight, I'm not sure.

I really meant to leave before I did, but she got a phone call and she was on the phone forever and I hated to leave until I could hug her and tell her bye.

So, anyways, are you already on the road to Indianapolis?

Oh, I figured you were.

Okay, hon, y'all be very careful.

Bye-bye.

Okay, back to work.

But it sure was a shock.

A really big shock.

Are you gonna get there with plenty of time?

- [Betsy] I hope to get there tonight by 9:30.

- Alrighty, Miss Betsy.

- Good for another week.

- We got you raring to go for another week, yes ma'am.

We certainly did.

Thank you, ma'am!

(child singing) (phone ringing) Carthage House of Beauty.

Oh, you're very welcome.

I actually was gonna send you a text message.

It's been crazy round here this morning, haven't even had time to look up, but I was gonna send you a message to tell y'all I was thinking about y'all and I love y'all.

I'm so sorry.

Oh dear God, it's gonna be awful for them.

She said, "I don't know what to do, Bev, I just don't know what to do."

I said, "Honey, I know."

I just don't know what to do.

She says she's going to church tomorrow.

- I'm going to do my best.

- I believe you're gonna make it.

Did you say it's been since May, since you got to go?

- First Sunday of May would be the last time we got to go.

- Bless her heart.

- Yeah, she's been through the mill.

- She has been through the mill.

She has.

She's come back strong, I can tell.

- As long as I got George with me.

- There you go.

Everybody needs a George, don't they?

- Especially if they can't walk any better than me.

(Beverly chuckling) - We've got an awful good church family.

- [Beverly] Oh, yes you do.

Absolutely.

The best preachers don't make the best pastors.

- [George] That's right.

- And seriously.

But now, Junior's got it all.

- We've got potential for new members coming on, about eight little babies.

- Really?

Well, all right, hey, we got a bunch of little babies too.

Yeah, we got a bunch.

I tell you what, we like them, don't we?

- [George] We certainly do.

Every time I hear one cry, I think, boy, there's our future.

Crying out.

- [Beverly] Yes.

That's right.

Alrighty, Miss (indistinct), we got you, baby.

Raring to go.

- Let me see what I look like.

- [Beverly] Yes.

Now lemme give you a mirror so you can see the back.

I'll let you see the front first.

- Oh my goodness.

- [Beverly] Yeah, you look different, don't you?

Now, check out the back.

- Check out the back.

- [Beverly] Check out the back.

- Oh my.

I like it.

- [Beverly] Much better, isn't it?

- Oh my goodness, hon.

You know what it looked like.

- You look like a different person.

Let's get you stood up, then we'll help you get that out, okay?

Now, before you take off, we'll get that foot out.

You don't owe me anything.

This is your get-well present 'cause I didn't get to do anything for you while you were sick.

That's just for you.

Got you ready for church tomorrow.

- [Client] Yep.

- I love and appreciate you.

- [Beverly] I love y'all too.

♪ I'd like to roam through the fields ♪ ♪ That my daddy planted with care ♪ ♪ I'd like to hear Mama sing ♪ - I remember, the first time I ever done ya, you were just getting over your open heart surgery.

- [Client] Yeah.

- Now, where had you gone before that?

'Cause I don't remember ever knowing that.

Or did you just do it yourself before?

- [Client] What's that?

- [Beverly] Where did you go before you come here?

(Client talking indistinctly) Okay.

Right, right.

- [Client] And we had our 50th anniversary.

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