Antonio Adalid was the godson of Mexican emperor Maximillian I and one of the major participants of Dance of the Forty-One scandal.

[3] Antonio Adalid is mentioned as one of the main organisers of the party, that led to Dance of the Forty-One scandal.

According to Salvador Novo, Adalid's family bribed authorities and paid for his release in order to avoid charges.

He inherited money from his mother and started to teach English at National Preparatory School in Mexico City.

It was reported that the flat was visited by cabinet ministers Luis Montes de Oca, Genaro Estrada, Jaime Torres Bodet; writers Xavier Villaurrutia, and Salvador Novo, who later published accounts of Antonio Adalid; painters Agustín Lazo Adalid and Roberto Montenegro and many other prominent members of society.